5600Y.O:GREAT DANISH NEOLITHIC FLINT SILEX SICKLE 85mms

This wonderful trimmed Neolithic flint artifact is called
"Early Neolithic Blade Sickle",
belonging to the Funnel Beaker Culture, also called Megalith Grave Culture 4000-2800 bc.
Agriculture and animal husbandry were introduced in Denmark c. 4000 BC. Wheat and barley were grown and oxen, sheep, goats and pigs domesticated. Large parts of the land were cultivated during the oldest peasant culture, 4000-2800 BC, and the earliest farmers were energetic builders. They constructed large assembly areas surrounded by moats and palisades like the one found near Sarup on Funen. They also built the oldest stone burial monuments, the dolmens and the passage graves, many thousands of which have been preserved in Denmark. Flint mines were opened and a whole new industry emerged which specialised in the production of elegant, polished flint axes. Large numbers of offerings have been found, including clay pots, flint tools and amber ornaments, and there is evidence of human and animal sacrifices. The first metal was brought into the country from Central Europe in the shape of simple ornaments and flat ax heads made of copper.
Blade sickles are the first type of sickles from the Neolithic.
They are formed of a blade of which the sides are retouched.
This beautiful rare piece is 85 mms long.
Wonderful marble-like flint with fossil includings!!!
Provenance is an old collection.
More details will follow the artifact.
I guarantee absolutely for the authenticity
of this early sickle-type from the Younger Stone Age.
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