caa a22 4500 386372594 CHVBK 20180307112003.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1989 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0079497X00005363 doi S0079497X00005363 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0079497X00005363 Ground Stone Tools from Serra Orlando (Morgantina) and Stone Axe Studies in Sicily and Southern Italy [Elektronische Daten] Ground and polished stone axes in southern Italy received little attention after a period of lively interest in the late 19th century. The great number of axes from archaeological sites and collections suggests widespread manufacture and exchange on a considerable scale. In eastern Sicily the production of basalt axes was long-lived, beginning in the Neolithic (Stentinello phase) and reaching a peak in the Copper and Early Bronze Ages. Greenstone axes are also found throughout these periods. By the Middle or Late Bronze Age, stone axes were probably little used, having been largely replaced by metal tools. The axes from Serra Orlando (where the historical site of Morgantina is located) form one of the largest collections in Sicily from a single site, where they were found in multi-period contexts, dating from the third millennium BC until the Hellenistic period. Petrological analysis suggests that basalt from the Iblean hills was frequently used for their manufacture, while the serpentinites, tremolite-bearing rocks and pyroxenite probably originate in the Calabro-Peloritani Arc. The results of the analysis of thin sections are presented in appendixes. Raw materials, distribution and manufacture of axes are discussed and a preliminary investigation of their typology is presented. Multiple functions for Sicilian axes, related to morphology and raw materials, are suggested by their archaeological contexts. Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1989 Leighton Robert 5 South East Circus Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6TJ Dixon J. E. Grant Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh Duncan A. M. School of Earth Sciences, Luton College of Higher Education Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Cambridge University Press 55(1989), 135-159 0079-497X 55<135 1989 55 PPR https://doi.org/10.1017/S0079497X00005363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0079497X00005363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leighton Robert 5 South East Circus Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6TJ NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon J. E. Grant Institute of Geology, University of Edinburgh NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duncan A. M. School of Earth Sciences, Luton College of Higher Education NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Cambridge University Press 55(1989), 135-159 0079-497X 55<135 1989 55 PPR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge