Een bronzen hielbijl uit Emmen

Stijn Arnoldussen; Eduard de Jonge; Bertil van Os; Gert van Oortmerssen; Nicolien Bottema-Mac Gillavry; Hannie Steegstra

doi:10.21827/PA.32.7-11

Een bronzen hielbijl uit Emmen

Stijn Arnoldussen, Eduard de Jonge, Bertil van Os, Gert van Oortmerssen, Nicolien Bottema-Mac Gillavry, Hannie Steegstra

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A Bronze Age palstave found at Emmen
In 2019, a Bronze Age palstave was found in a field west of Emmen by a father-and-son team of metal detectorists. In agreement with the landowner, the find was reported to PAN. During the process of conservation, the opportunity
presented itself to study the alloy using pXRF analysis. This suggested that the copper ores used in the bronze alloy ultimately derived from Swiss or Slovakian mines, but that the metal was cast locally into a form well-known in the sandy regions of the Low Countries. A review of the find in its topographical and cultural context indicated that it – like various other items in the Bronze Age – had been deposited in (the margin of) wetland parts of the landscape, not far from a contemporaneous settlement.

Original language	Dutch
Pages (from-to)	7-11
Number of pages	5
Journal	Paleo-aktueel
Volume	32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21827/PA.32.7-11
Publication status	Published - Sept-2022

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metalwork
prehistory
bronze age
spearheads
dating
wood
later prehistory
depositions

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Arnoldussen, S. (PI), Steegstra, H. (Collaborator), van Os, B. (Collaborator), Theunissen, E. M. (Collaborator) & Steffens, B. (Collaborator)
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Een bronzen hielbijl uit Emmen

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