El origen geológico, galaico, del ejemplar de Marabiu (Teverga, Asturias) y consideraciones culturales sobre los útiles-arma, calificados de "hachas nórdicas", del Noroeste ibérico

Miguel A. de Blas Cortina; L. Guillermo Corretgé Castañón

doi:10.3989/tp.2001.v58.i2.228

The geological origin, Galicien, of the Marabiu example (Teverga, Asturias) and cultural considerations on weapon-tools classified as ''northern battle-axes'' in the NW of Iberia

Authors

Miguel A. de Blas Cortina Dpto. de Historia (Prehistoria). Universidad de Oviedo
L. Guillermo Corretgé Castañón Dpto. de Geología. Universidad de Oviedo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2001.v58.i2.228

Keywords:

Battle axes, Geological origin, Chalcolithic, Social status, Cultural change, Iberian NW

Abstract

The physical analysis of a perforated item from Asturias shows that its only presence in the Cantabric region is due to an import from Galicia (cianites of Touro, near Santiago de Compostela). The concentration of these tool-weapons in barrows of the III millenium in Galicia is a unique focus in the Iberian peninsula of a very well known phenomenon in Europe. In this article, geographic, economic and cultural arguments are offered, justifiyng the peculiar presence of these sceptres or status symbols and of their local character, although they remind us of types in the continental NW, so that the Galician perforated tools are classified as ''northern battle-axes".

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2001-12-30

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de Blas Cortina, M. A., & Corretgé Castañón, L. G. (2001). The geological origin, Galicien, of the Marabiu example (Teverga, Asturias) and cultural considerations on weapon-tools classified as ’’northern battle-axes’’ in the NW of Iberia. Trabajos De Prehistoria, 58(2), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2001.v58.i2.228

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Vol. 58 No. 2 (2001)

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