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A stone axe discovered in Brzózki (German: Althagen) found its way into the museum collection of the Society for History and Antiquities of Pomerania (Gesellschaft für Pommersche Geschichte und Altertumskunde) in Szczecin in 1847 or early 1848.

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English: In the catalogue accompanying this exhibition, it is listed as an axe of the Amazons. It was the term used then for axes with both ends extended symmetrically up and down. The name referred to the Greek Amazons known from ancient accounts and mythology, women warriors who used double-edged axes in battle and at the same time considered them symbols of power. Neolithic double-edged axes are believed to have evolved from the evolution of stone mace or to be an imitation of the oldest copper labrys. They are commonly regarded as battle-axes and objects of prestige. Their different varieties were widespread in the Funnel Beaker culture in northern Germany and southern Scandinavia when the so-called corridor tombs belonging to the younger megalithic constructions were created there. In West Pomerania, they probably appeared because of contacts with the Nordic area in the last centuries of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC.
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