STARE GMAJNE PILE-DWELLING SETTLEMENT AND ITS ERA
The Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC

Tjaša TOLAR & Martin ZUPANČIČ

10. Newly discovered wooden finds from Stare gmajne near Verd

Stare gmajne, trench 3, 2007. Remains of the wooden handle in the shaft-hole of the antler axe. Photo: T. Tolar. Handle’s diameter = 1.7 cm

Abstract

Between 2004 in 2007, archaeological researches of the pile-dwelling settlement Stare gmajne near Verd at the Ljubljansko barje, revealed new discoveries of wooden objects. In 2004, remains of a handle made of cornel (Cornus sp.) were found in a shaft-hole of a stone axe. Two wooden artefacts were found in trench in 2006; entirely preserved children’s bow of yew (Taxus baccata) and cornel handle (Cornus sp.). In 2007, somewhat longer fragment of a handle made of ash (Fraxinus sp.) was found in a shaft-hole of an antler axe. With the choice and use of wood, these finds confirm that over 5000 years ago people had good knowledge of wood properties and knew how to optimally choose and use different species of wood.

Keywords: wooden finds, determination, Stare gmajne, Ljubljansko barje, Eneolihtic.

***

2009, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 16), 366 pages, 258 b-w drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 45 plates, 3 appendices, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 978-961-254-111-8.

Next >> | Back <<
Opera 16 | Top