A casting mould uncovered in the Bronze Age tell settlement from Toboliu. Notes on the origin and distribution of socketed chisels
A casting mould uncovered in the Bronze Age tell settlement from Toboliu. Notes on the origin and distribution of socketed chisels

Summary/Abstract: During the 2015 excavation campaign, a stone casting mould for socketed chisels was uncoveredin the tell settlement from Toboliu. In 2017, while carrying out geophysical investigations on the outer settlementsurrounding the tell, a bronze socketed chisel was accidentally found at the surface of the site. Both mould andfinished product belong to a group of tools that are widespread among the Bronze Age tell settlements. In thefollowing paper, we would like to present these finds and also discuss matters related to their chronology anddistribution, alongside the technological aspects of their production.

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