Water and fire as transformation elements in ritual deposits of the Scandinavian Neolithic

Flint axes are the most common Neolithic (4000–1800 calBC) artefacts found in southern Scandinavia. The vast majority of the tens of thousands that we know of have been recovered from former wetlands. In fact, detailed work in southern Sweden suggests that flint or stone axes were deposited in almos...

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Published in:	Documenta Praehistorica
Main Author:	Lars Larsson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2011-12-01
Subjects:	South Scandinavia Neolithic axes ritual deposits wetland heat treatment
Online Access:	https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1905

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