The Life and Journey of Neolithic Copper Objects Transformations of the Neuenkirchen Hoard, North-East Germany (3800 BCE)

• Main Author: Skorna, Henry (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2022
• Series: Scales of Transformation 15
• Subjects: Prehistoric archaeology; neolithic; copper; metallurgy; hoard; isotopes; archaeometry; dagger; transformation
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This work is an intensive study of the Neolithic deposition of copper objects from Neuenkirchen in North-East Germany. This unique ensemble represents one of the very rare hoard finds from the early Early Neolithic, and is the first of its kind for nearly 100 years, matched only by the famous younge...