Fragmenting the Chieftain A practice-based study of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials in the Low Countries

• 1. Verfasser: van der Vaart-Verschoof, Sasja (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Leiden Sidestone Press 2017
• Schlagworte: Prehistoric archaeology; archaeology; prehistory; Early Iron Age; Hallstatt C; elites; burial practice; funerary ritual; Low Countries; Hallstatt Culture; Northwest Europe; social differentiation; barrows
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There is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800-500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. Mostly imports from Central Europe, these objects are found brought together in varying configurations in cremation burials gene...