Copper Hoard Culture

Copper hoards ( copper hoards ) denote Fund Associations of copper artifacts, which are common in northern India. This is an archaeological deposits seem to be dated, although few come from controlled excavations, which could prove this in the 2nd millennium BC.

Four regional fund groups are recognizable: Süd-Haryana/Nord-Rajasthan, the Ganges / Yamuna level, Chota Nagpur and Madhya Pradesh, with its characteristic Fund types. In the 19th century the copper hoards were known as scattered finds and apply to various authors, nor as typical for the genus Fund Mesopotamia North India.

Characteristic hoards of Süd-Haryana/Nord-Rajasthan include flat axes, harpoons, double axes, swords with so-called antenna handle etc. The Doab contains related types. Those of Chota Nagpur are completely different and appear to be copper ingots.

The majority of the artifacts seem to be Weihobjekte and show no signs of wear unique antique.

The copper ore comes from different districts in Rajasthan ( Khetri ), Bihar / West Bengal / Orissa (especially Singhbhum ) and Madhya Pradesh ( Malanjkhand ).

Swell

  • P. Yule, The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prehistoric Bronze finds XX, 8 ( Munich 1985), ISBN 3-406-30440-0
  • P. Yule / A. Hauptmann / M. Hughes, The Copper hoards of the Indian Subcontinent: Preliminaries for to interpretation, Yearbook of the Roman- Germanic Central Museum Mainz 36, 1989, 193-275, ISSN 0076-2741
  • Archaeological Culture ( Copper Age )
  • Archaeological Culture ( Asia)
  • Indian history
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