The oldest evidence of silver processing in Europe. A hoard from Košíky (okr. Uherské Hradiště / CZ)

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Peška, J. - Bartík, Jaroslav - Fikrle, Marek
The oldest evidence of silver processing in Europe. A hoard from Košíky (okr. Uherské Hradiště / CZ).
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt. Roč. 53, č. 1 (2023), s. 23-37. ISSN 0342-734X
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081758 ; RVO:61389005
Klíčová slova: Czech Republic * Moravia * Early Eneolithic * hoard * copper tools * silver processing
Obor OECD: Archaeology; Analytical chemistry (UJF-V)
Impakt faktor: 0.2, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak/issue/view/6589

In the Early Eneolithic (4300–3800 BC), Europe saw an increased occurrence of both isolated copper finds and hoards. Since recently, we can add to them a small hoard from Košíky (SE Moravia / CZ). The Košíky hoard is unique, because it contained a new type of artefact – a copper hammer with a narrowed grip and flat-hammered working surface instead of a cutting edge. The authors conducted a Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis that proved the occurrence of silver flakes sticking to the hammer’s working surface. The study introduces not only a still unknown type of copper industry, but also the first evidence of the early use of silver hammering in Europe.

Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350013