Casting a Copper Age Axe Using a Replica of the Marl Mould Found in Baffoni Cave (AN)
The Baffoni Cave is a cavern that lies in the Genga territory, in the province of Ancona, Italy. It is part of a complex of caves, the most famous of which are the Frasassi Caves. The whole territory is rich in archaeological features, with the most ancient specimen found within the Genga territory...
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2023-08-01
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| Series: | EXARC Journal |
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| Summary: | The Baffoni Cave is a cavern that lies in the Genga territory, in the province of Ancona, Italy. It is part of a complex of caves, the most famous of which are the Frasassi Caves. The whole territory is rich in archaeological features, with the most ancient specimen found within the Genga territory being a flint biface dating to the Lower Palaeolithic (Montanari and Pignocchi, 2022, p. 125). In 1952-1954, an archaeological expedition led by Dr Antonio Mario Radmilli searched the Baffoni Cave. Among the other specimens, three objects caught the attention of the scholar: a sandstone with signs of use, a bronze dagger and what initially appeared to be a clay mould for making unidentified metal objects. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-8956 |