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Author:   Marieke Visser
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
ISBN:  

9789464280159

ISBN 10:   9464280158
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   28 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART I. INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY CHAPTER 1. Introduction 1.1 Introduction: the Torsted hoard 1.2 The Torsted hoard: not an isolated case 1.3 Conventional interpretation models of hoards 1.4 Ritual interpretations of Bronze Age depositions and the Scandinavian research tradition 1.5 The Scandinavian school of archaeology: emergence and characteristics 1.6 An economic approach to ritual depositions: ritual consumption of metalwork 1.7 Ritual interpretations: problems and challenges 1.8 Interpreting Bronze Age depositions: the European debate 1.9 Approach: patterns and practices 1.10 State of affairs 1.11 Aim and research questions CHAPTER 2. Methodology and data 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Theoretical framework 2.3 Data selection and collection 2.4 Quality of the data 2.5 Database structure and variables 2.6 Network science 2.7 Research area 2.8 Chronology 2.9 Structure of the thesis PART II. DATA AND PATTERNS CHAPTER 3. Selective deposition before 2000 BC 3.1. Introduction 3.2. The introduction, disappearance, and reappearance of metal: a thousand-year gap? 3.3. Selective deposition in the Funnelbeaker Culture: an overview 3.4. Selective deposition in the Single Grave Culture: an overview 3.5. Patterns in selective deposition in the Bell Beaker period 3.6. Discussion CHAPTER 4. Patterns in selective metalwork deposition in LN II 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Flint and metal daggers 4.3. Halberds 4.4. Axes and chisels 4.5. Ornaments 4.6. Unconventional hoards - unconventional events 4.7. Discussion CHAPTER 5. Patterns in selective metalwork deposition in period IA 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Flint and metal daggers 5.3 Axes and chisels 5.4 Spearheads 5.5 Ornaments 5.6 OEsenringe 5.7 Hoards: unconventional events 5.8 Discussion CHAPTER 6. Patterns in selective metalwork deposition in period IB 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Flint and metal daggers and swords 6.3 Axes and chisels 6.4 Spearheads 6.5 Ornaments 6.6 Hoards and burials 6.7 Discussion PART III. CONCLUSION CHAPTER 7. A completely normal practice: selective metalwork deposition through the ages 7.1 'Deviating beginnings' 7.2 The gap? 7.3 The reinvention 7.4 The big rise 7.5 Prelude to the finale 7.6 The grand finale: the Nordic Bronze Age and Soegel-Wohlde period 7.7 Epilogue CHAPTER 8. The selection of objects: cultural biographies 8.1 Objects: developments over time 8.2 Foreign vs. local styles 8.3 Persistent vs. new objects 8.3.2 New objects 8.4 The use lives of objects 8.5 Conclusion CHAPTER 9. Burying things with the dead: creating an image 9.1 Barrows and metalwork: social inequality? 9.2 Creating an image of the dead: a case study 9.3 Burial gifts and conventions: an overview 9.4 LN II: from burials to wetlands... 9.5 Period IA: ...and back again to burials 9.6 Period IB: warrior burials and regional practices 9.7 Conclusion CHAPTER 10. 'Non-burial-gifts': placing things in the landscape 10.1 The selection of landscape settings: an overview 10.2 Hoards vs. single object deposits 10.3 Hoards in LN II: international contacts and the community 10.4 Hoards in period IA: regional practices and the community 10.5 Hoards in period IB: shared ideas and regional interpretations 10.6 Conclusion Epilogue: a completely normal practice References Nederlandse samenvatting (Dutch summary) Acknowledgements

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Dr. Marieke Visser studied Scandinavian Languages and Cultures at Amsterdam University, specialising in rune inscriptions in Sweden, and Archaeology at Stockholm University, where she specialised in the Prehistory of Northern Europe and Osteoarchaeology. In 2015, she started her PhD at Leiden University within the framework of the NWO-funded project Economies of Destruction, the results of which are presented in this book.

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