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Stray finds of stone axes

Item name:Stray finds of stone axes

Dating:5th–3rd millennium BC

Findspot:Ljubljansko barje and vicinity

On display:The Earliest Stories from the Crossroads

Description

Stone hammer and axes from the Ljubljansko barje and its vicinity. The chance finds from Vnanje Gorice, Borovnica, Lesno Brdo and Vrhnika are probably axes accidentally lost by the pile-dwellers from the Neolithic or the Copper Age (cf. chapter on The pile-dwellers).

Details

1. Shaft-hole axe, stone, l. 9.1 cm, Lesno Brdo near Vrhnika, Inv. No. B 5241.
2. Shaft-hole axe, stone, l. 8.3 cm, Vnanje Gorice, Inv. No. B 5041.
3. Shaft-hole axe, stone, l. 9 cm, Vnanje Gorice, Inv. No. P 15496.
4. Shaft-hole axe, stone, l. 11.7 cm, Borovnica, Inv. No. B 5039.
5. Shaft-hole axe or hammer, stone, l. 17.7 cm, Vnanje Gorice, Inv. No. P 16781.
6. Flat axe, stone, l. 7.7 cm, River Ljubljanica, Dolge njive, Inv. No. V 1465.