Geležiniai pleišto pavidalo kirviai Lietuvoje / Arvydas Malonaitis

Abstract

The article is meant for discussion of narrow-blade wedge-axes in Lithuania. Presently in the archeological material of Lithuania there are 5 such axes found in Paketuriai (Kupiškis district), Memenčiai and Upytė (both in Panevėžys district), the place and circumstances of detection of two remaining axes are unknown. None of them was found during investigations, therefore, their dating presents difficulties. The only thing to do is to rely on the data of the Strazdė cemetery investigated in Latvia and located nearest to us and to orient oneself by a rather large period offered by J. Graudonis - from the 2nd century BC to the 1st-2nd century AD. Nevertheless, one should acknowledge that these axes are the earliest working tools in Lithuania. Rather credible that they gave rise to appearance and development of narrow-blade butt-axes