Some observations on the Vidra type axes. The social significance of copper in the Chalcolithic
Some observations on the Vidra type axes. The social significance of copper in the Chalcolithic

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses in this article about an important category of objects from the south east European Chalcolithic, namely the Vidra type copper axes. In addition of chronology, distribution area and origin of these copper pieces, other aspects are also very important: the context of their discovery and the attitude towards copper of the prehistoric man. Although precisely such context, essential in archaeological interpretation, is often unclear, copper axes are present in houses, sometimes under their floor, which could lead us to think at possible foundation deposits.

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