Danish Stone Age. Spidsøkse i flint. Jæger stone age: 8800-4800 B.C.

Danish Stone Age. Spidsøkse i flint. Jæger stone age: 8800-4800 B.C.

Provenance: Originates from old Danish antiquity collection.

Find site: Zealand/Fyn.

Literature: FLINT from Denmark's ancient past. By Peter Vang Petersen. Page 98-99.

Measurements approx.: __MEAS_N__.

Condition: see pictures.

The Maglemose culture was a hunter-gatherer culture in the early Mesolithic in South Scandinavia and Northern Germany, approx. 9000-6400 B.C. The name comes from a settlement on Zealand. The culture is known for tools made of flint, bone, and antler, as well as early signs of settlements near lakes and bogs.

Core axes were made from smaller, often irregular flint nodules, which were not suitable for other tools. The form arose by chipping away excess flint from both long sides, and remnants of the original edge are often seen on the sides. The edge was formed early by opposite blows that met in a pointed ridge.

Core axes required less raw material and were easier to sharpen than blade axes, and they dominated through the Maglemose-, Kongemose-, and older Ertebølle periods. Wear and tear, as well as finds, show that they were used for woodworking, often with a handle as a cross-axis. This type disappears in the Neolithic period.