Bronze Age metal and amber in the Netherlands (III:2): Catalogue of the socketed axes, part A

Abstract

First part of a catalogue and evaluation of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age bronze socketed axes in the Netherlands. Herewith a number of types characteristic of the southern part of the country: the socketed axes of Niedermaas, Plainseau, Helmeroth, and Geistingen types. Almorican socketed axes are listed, but dismissed as modern import or dubiously documented.