Foreword 1
1 Typology and age 3
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Typology 3
1.2.1 Nomenclature 3
1.2.2 Dimensions 3
1.2.3 The perforated shoe-last adze 3
1.2.4 The perforated broad wedge 4
1.2.5 Comparing the two 4
1.3 Age 4
1.3.1 Introduction 4
1.3.2 Source societies 5
1.3.3 Other societies 7
1.4 Typochronology 7
2 Function 9
3 Meaning 12
3.1 Introduction 12
3.2 Source societies 12
3.2.1 Perforated wedges in graves 12
3.2.2 Perforated wedges in settlements 14
3.2.3 Perforated wedges in hoards 15
3.2.4 Conclusions 15
3.3 Exchange to hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe: Ertebølle and Swifterban t 16
3.3.1 Perforated wedges in the Ertebølle culture 16
3.3.2 Perforated wedges in the Swifterbant culture 17
3.3.3 Conclusions 19
3.4 Find contexts in the Swifterbant area 21
3.5 Conclusions 23
4 Conclusions 25
References 28
Appendix 1. List of Dutch perforated wedges 31
