Face pots and battle axes of the late fourth millennium BC
Locally distinct phenomena or part of pan-European developments?
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Face-pots, battle axes, Middle Neolithic, Funnel Beaker, social ideals, warrior-graves, anthropomorphic art, collective graves, single graves, social ideas, 'Warrior'-graves, networks, Atlantic façadeResumé
For over a decade, scholars have discussed the question of whether the Eastern Danish face pots are part of a pan-European phenomenon, which resulted in considering them as a local phenomenon. Nevertheless, a more abstract comparison provides new perspectives on these pots as well as other materials of the late Funnel Beaker period.
In the first part, the paper proposes that Danish face pots represent a local interpretation of anthropomorphic art present in the western Mediterranean and Central Europe, while battle axes reflect adaptations of a supra-regional trend of ‘valued objects’. The supra-
regionally shared developments indicate a particular Zeitgeist present during the late fourth millennium BC in a vast area. Only, in the North, the term ‘warrior ideology’, developed for the western Mediterranean contexts, cannot be used for the Northern European contexts.
The second part reinforces the notion that Danish and Iberian face and eye motifs are not directly related. However, a small-scaled network of networks along the Atlantic façade dating to a pre-Beaker context can be observed.
Ultimately, the paper argues that the success and rapid spread of the Beaker Cultures across the continent and along the Atlantic façade was made possible by earlier networks. These networks are ...
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