Double-edged razor

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Double-edged razors made of bronze (with frame handle) are a characteristic addition to the urns of the Central European urn field culture (1300–800 BC), the main area of ​​which is in southern Germany . But they also occur outside the region.

The razors belong to the older Urnfield period (level Ha A). Individuals may be younger too. The razors have in relation to today's or other Early Bronze Age an unusual bull ear shape (see bucranium ).

They occur individually in Westphalia and in Lower Saxony to the north . Pieces were found in the Münster area that can be regarded as regional replicas of urn field razors. Such a specimen is also known from East Westphalia. The imitations are evidence of the cultural charisma of the urn field culture.

literature

  • Albrecht Jockenhövel : The razors in Western Europe (Southern Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland). PBF VIII, 1 . Munich, Beck 1980.
  • Kurt Tackenberg : The Younger Bronze Age in Northwest Germany Hildesheim 1971.

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