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Palstavenoun
a peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze age
Etymology: [Dan. paalstav.]
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Palstave
A Palstave is a type of early bronze axe. It was common in the mid Bronze Age in north, western and south-western Europe. In the technical sense, although precise definitions differ, an axe is generally deemed to be a palstave if it is hafted by means of a forked wooden handle kept in place with high, cast flanges and stop bar. The axe should be much thicker on the blade side of the stop bar than the hafting side. In these respects it is very close, but distinct from, earlier 'flanged axes'. The archaeologist John Evans popularized the term 'palstave' in English following Danish archaeologists who borrowed the term from Icelandic: paalstab. Confusingly, a paalstab is not an axe, but a digging tool. However, the term had become so common with Scandinavian and German archaeologists that Evans thought it best to follow suit.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of palstave in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of palstave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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