24th January 2009, 04:27 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by kevin wooldridge
Of course there is flint in Denmark, but geologically Denmark is not part of the Scandinavian peninusla. Instead it is part of Ferro-Scandia which covers a much wider area. Which I imagine Lars Tharp would probably know....
You learn something new every day...I didn't do Geography O-level...
However, I believe European archaeologists often use the generic 'Scandinavian Neolithic flint axe' for those exquisite and typologically distinct axes made in Denmark and Sweden. For example...
http://www.springerlink.com/content/t562342g158j15gw/
Crikey, a quick search shows that there are three levels of being geo-politically 'Scandinavian'...