Lost in narration:rediscovering the Suomussalmi copper adze
Abstract The Suomussalmi copper adze is a native copper artefact discovered in 1980 on Kukkosaari Island (Suomussalmi, north-eastern Finland). Since then the artefact has been repeatedly used as an example when narrating the introduction of metal technology in prehistoric Finland, while its chronolo...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe201704256249 2023-07-30T04:04:35+02:00 Lost in narration:rediscovering the Suomussalmi copper adze Ikäheimo, J. (Janne) Nordqvist, K. (Kerkko) 2017 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201704256249 eng eng Informa info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0029-3652 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/ 1502-7678 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2017 Norwegian Archaeological Review. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Norwegian Archaeological Review on 20 Apr 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00293652.2017.1307268. info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2017 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:55:15Z Abstract The Suomussalmi copper adze is a native copper artefact discovered in 1980 on Kukkosaari Island (Suomussalmi, north-eastern Finland). Since then the artefact has been repeatedly used as an example when narrating the introduction of metal technology in prehistoric Finland, while its chronological position, function and significance have remained poorly studied. Here the object is reviewed both through the results of new metallographic analyses and by re-examining its position in the context of early metal use in north-eastern Europe during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. The results of metallographic analyses indicate that the adze was shaped by melting/casting followed by cold hammering; both techniques are shown to have been used in the research area — Finland and north-west Russia — as early as during the Neolithic. While the provenance of the metal remains to be assigned, possible domestic, Karelian as well as Uralian sources are assayed critically. Instead of plain analyses regarding techno-typology and function, the Suomussalmi adze is here connected to the general enrichment of the (material) world that took place multi-locally through the adoption of new raw materials and the increased interest in their real or presumed properties. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* karelia* karelian North-West Russia Jultika - University of Oulu repository Kukkosaari ENVELOPE(28.893,28.893,66.302,66.302) |
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Abstract The Suomussalmi copper adze is a native copper artefact discovered in 1980 on Kukkosaari Island (Suomussalmi, north-eastern Finland). Since then the artefact has been repeatedly used as an example when narrating the introduction of metal technology in prehistoric Finland, while its chronological position, function and significance have remained poorly studied. Here the object is reviewed both through the results of new metallographic analyses and by re-examining its position in the context of early metal use in north-eastern Europe during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. The results of metallographic analyses indicate that the adze was shaped by melting/casting followed by cold hammering; both techniques are shown to have been used in the research area — Finland and north-west Russia — as early as during the Neolithic. While the provenance of the metal remains to be assigned, possible domestic, Karelian as well as Uralian sources are assayed critically. Instead of plain analyses regarding techno-typology and function, the Suomussalmi adze is here connected to the general enrichment of the (material) world that took place multi-locally through the adoption of new raw materials and the increased interest in their real or presumed properties. |
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Ikäheimo, J. (Janne) Nordqvist, K. (Kerkko) Lost in narration:rediscovering the Suomussalmi copper adze |
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Ikäheimo, J. (Janne) Nordqvist, K. (Kerkko) |
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Lost in narration:rediscovering the Suomussalmi copper adze |
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Lost in narration:rediscovering the Suomussalmi copper adze |
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karelia* karelia* karelian North-West Russia |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2017 Norwegian Archaeological Review. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Norwegian Archaeological Review on 20 Apr 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00293652.2017.1307268. |
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