O practică mai puţin întâlnită. Reutilizarea unor topoare de piatră din epoca bronzului

• Published in: Tyragetia Vol. XII; no. 1; pp. 141 - 148
• Main Authors: Diaconu, Vasile, Sîrbu, Mariana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Romanian
• Published: National Museum of History of Moldova 2018; Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei
• Subjects: Archaeology; settlements; reuse; graves; stone axes; Bronze Age
• ISSN: 1857-0240; 2537-6330

This article examines the typological features of some Bronze Age stone axes with obvious signs of re-use, discovered in the area between the Carpathians and the Dniester. For these objects, two ways of re-use are known: the use of damaged axes as rubbing stones / hammer stones or re-perforation of the worn-out specimens.The authors of the article present nine artifacts discovered in settlements and cemeteries or as a result of chance finds. Most of the specimens were made of volcanic rocks; some have preserved decorative elements.The re-use of such items was determined by economic and technological reasons. Some communities of the Bronze Age were forced to re-use damaged stone axes due to a lack of high-quality raw materials.The fact that axes with traces of re-use are also found in cemeteries may indicate the symbolic significance that these objects acquired when they were put next to the dead.