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PERFORATED STONE AXE‐HEADS IN THE BRITISH NEOLITHIC: THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE
Author(s) -
BRADLEY RICHARD
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1990.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - archaeology , distribution (mathematics) , geography , ancient history , history , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Summary. This paper investigates the ways in which stone axes were modified in areas of Britain distant from their original sources. One small group was turned into pendants and another seems to have been converted into maceheads. This has implications for studies of the ‘axe trade’ that assume that such artefacts had a fixed value throughout their distribution.