Several problems related to copper metallurgy during the late Neolithic period in Romania (Vidra hammer axes) Cover Image

Cîteva probleme referitoare la metalurgia aramei în timpul neoliticului tărziu din România (topoarele-ciocan de tip Vidra)
Several problems related to copper metallurgy during the late Neolithic period in Romania (Vidra hammer axes)

Author(s): Eugen Comșa
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: MUZEUL NAȚIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMÂNIEI
Keywords: copper metallurgy; Neolithic period; Romania (Vidra hammer axes)

Summary/Abstract: The hammer-hammers studied were carried out in workshops south of the Danube, near the copper deposits. Nearly all the pieces were found in the dissemination area of ​​the Gumelniţa culture. Most of the pieces (20) were discovered on the territory of Bulgaria, and only three in SE of Romania (in Wallachia). From the area of ​​Gumelniţa culture a few pieces have been distributed among the bearers of neighboring cultures: in the vicinity of the city of Sibiu (1 room); Others in the area of ​​Ariuşd-Cucuteni-Tripolie culture (1 piece in the SE of Transylvania, 4 pieces in Moldavia and 1 piece in the USSR SV). Single copies were discovered in Serbia (2 pieces) and in "Hungary" (?) (1 piece).

  • Issue Year: 1/1983
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 17-30
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian