Axes from Brekinjska

Axes from Brekinjska

In the Eneolithic copper would very often take the place of bone and stone in producing tools and weapons. At first copper used to be worked out by forging and casting into single-part moulds. For each of the cast objects a prototype in wax had to be moulded. Metallurgic activity came into full flourish in the Late Eneolithic.

The Vučedol Culture introduced a new technique of casting into two-part moulds, which contributed to the development of a production line of metal objects. Proofs of this are moulds from Sarvaš and Vučedol as well as finished objects; the axes that were cast in series in two-part moulds like the ones found in the hoard in Brekinjska were the peak of this production.