This extrem rare Neolithic Stone Age artifact is
Club Head Mace head of stone, with shaft-groove.
Club heads of stone and of flint are often of natural
formation and with only slight traces of fashioning.
They are known from a few Middle Neolithic sites together with
with similar specimens sharpened at the end to a cutting edge.
Belonging to the Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture
Passage Grave Period 3400-2800 bc.
Agriculture and animal husbandry were introduced in Denmark c. 4000 BC. Wheat and barley were grown and oxen, sheep, goats and pigs domesticated. Large parts of the land were cultivated during the oldest peasant culture, 4000-2800 BC, and the earliest farmers were energetic builders. They constructed large assembly areas surrounded by moats and palisades like the one found near Sarup on Funen. They also built the oldest stone burial monuments, the dolmens and the passage graves, many thousands of which have been preserved in Denmark. Flint mines were opened and a whole new industry emerged which specialised in the production of elegant, polished flint axes. Large numbers of offerings have been found, including clay pots, flint tools and amber ornaments, and there is evidence of human and animal sacrifices. The first metal was brought into the country from Central Europe in the shape of simple ornaments and flat axe heads made of copper.
Provenance is an old collection.
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