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A alloy detectorist in Poland has found five Bronze Age axes immerse in a forest . archeologist suggest that the artifact may have been used to either chop Ellen Price Wood or for cult purposes .
Denis Konkol was explore a to a great extent wooded domain in Kociewie , a region in northern Poland , when his metal detector started claxon . After digging about 8 to 12 inches ( 20 to 30 centimeters ) into the soil , he excavate the metal tool , according to theMiami Herald .
One of the five axes with semicircular blades found in a forest in Poland.
Officials from the Starogard Forest District announced the " stunning breakthrough " on Nov. 27 in a translatedFacebook post .
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archeologist analyzed the five axes and estimated that they ’re about 3,500 years quondam , according to a translated article onScience in Poland , a Polish news site .
Archaeologists also found a 2,000-year-old fibula (a small brooch or pin), which was used to fasten clothing.
" These items were quite rare in these lands , " Igor Strzok , the Pomeranian provincial conservator of monuments , told Science in Poland .
Piotr Klimaszewski , head of the Department of Archaeological Monuments , report the point as " Tautušiai type axes " — a shaft with a slender neck and semi - circular blade that ’s join to Tautušiai , a settlement in Lithuania . The shaft were probably used for " chop wood , cutting or fighting , " officials compose in the Facebook post .
However , it ’s possible that the axes may have been used as part of a " cult practice " or " sacrifice , " Klimaszewski add . But more than likely they were " credibly a repository related to barter , " he told Science in Poland .
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In add-on to the putz , archaeologists find a 2,000 - twelvemonth - former fibula ( a small brooch — not to be confused with the leg ivory of the same name ) — which was used to fasten clothing , according to the Miami Herald .
Researchers are n’t sure how the artifacts wound up in the forest , adding that further research is want to in full understand their history . But the team added that they " were really stunned at how great condition [ the axes ] have been keep up . "
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