Un topor de tip Vidra descoperit pe valea Buzăului
Vidra type shaft-hole axe discovered along the Buzău Valley

Summary/Abstract: This short note introduces a shaft-hole axe discovered at the beginning of 2020in the hilly area of Buzău valley. Made of copper, this light and graceful artifact displays the morphometrical features of a Vidra hammer axe. While no direct associations could be established with other artifacts, the existence of a Chalcolithic settlement upstream, about 8 km away, suggests the assignment of the hammer axe within the geographic limits of the Gumelniţa culture. The new discovery adds to a short list of metal artifacts discovered in the Carpathians Curvature, in the contact zone of three cultural areas: Gumelniţa, Cucuteni and Ariuşd.

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