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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2594
Bòbila de Bellsolà - La Mogoda
Prehistory

polished ax

MAC BCN-016410

Object type
ax
Production date
-4200 / -3200
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Bòbila de Bellsolà - La Mogoda
Materials
amphibolite
Township
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Vallès Occidental)
Technique
carving, abrasion
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
140 x 50 x 210 mm
Description
Trapezoidal axe with a symmetric bevel. The heel is truncated and its convergent sides have sawn slots. Small traces on the surface allow the interpretation that the original block of stone was extracted with the help of fire and later was transformed using the sawing technique which consists of dividing the stone by abrasion. It is a fine-grained retromorphic calcic amphibolite with a translucent dark green colour that could correspond to a rock from an Alpine source. It was found in a pit tomb together with two honey flint cores that were deposited accompanying a skeleton.

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