Bronze Age Metal and Amber in the Netherlands (III:2) Catalogue of the Socketed Axes, Part A

First part of a catalogue and evaluation of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age bronze socketed axes in the Netherlands. Herewith a number of types characteristic of the southern part of the country: the socketed axes of Niedermaas, Plainseau, Helmeroth, and Geistingen types. Armorican socketed axes are listed, but dismissed as modem import or dubiously documented.