The Bell Beaker Rock Sanctuary Pigloner Kopf (South Tyrol, Italy): Burnt Offerings and Local Metallurgy in the Eastern Alps
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
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The Bell Beaker Rock Sanctuary Pigloner Kopf (South Tyrol, Italy): Burnt Offerings and Local Metallurgy in the Eastern Alps / A. Pedrotti, I. Angelini, G. Artioli, C. Canovaro, U. Tecchiati, H. Oberrauch - In: The Bell Beaker Culture in All its Forms / [a cura di] C. Abegg, D. Carloni, F. Cousseau, E. Derenne, J. Ryan-Despraz. - Geneve : Archaeopress, 2022 Jan. - ISBN 9781803273631. - pp. 265-278 (( Intervento presentato al 22. convegno Archéologie et Gobelets: The Bell Beaker Culture in All its Forms tenutosi a Ginevra nel 2020.
Abstract:
The archaeological site Pigloner Kopf (Vadena/Pfatten, South Tyrol, Italy) has revealed unexpected elements related
to the local Bell Beaker culture, like the local production of shaft-hole axes, typologically linked to the Balkans and the Danube
region. The site also shows the oldest evidence of ritual burnt offerings in the Eastern Alps. The mostly burnt animal bones,
cereals, flint tools and fragments of pottery could be interpreted as the remains of a rock sanctuary with burnt offerings. The site
can be considered as a prototype of the alpine places of worship and mountain sanctuaries. These burning rituals were practised
from the beginning of the Bronze Age until the late Roman Empire.
The aim of the paper is to present the results of the study of materials and their analyses, focussing on the metallurgical industry,
composed mostly by objects produced with local copper, such as 10 miniaturised shaft-hole axes, 7 awls and a pin and also by
imported objects like a dagger blade and spiral ornaments. The deposition of copper tools in hoards in association with burnt
offerings suggest a ritual interpretation of the site, dated to the late Copper Age with Bell Beaker elements in lithics and pottery.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Eastern Alps; archaeometallurgy; copper hoard; shaft-hole axes; melting; Bell Beaker common ware; burnt offerings; archaeozoology
Elenco autori:
A. Pedrotti, I. Angelini, G. Artioli, C. Canovaro, U. Tecchiati, H. Oberrauch
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Titolo del libro:
The Bell Beaker Culture in All its Forms