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Fragmenting the Chieftain - A practice-based study of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials in the Low Countries (Hardcover)
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Fragmenting the Chieftain - A practice-based study of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials in the Low Countries (Hardcover)
Series: Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities, 15 (part 1)
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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 generally known as chieftains'
graves or princely burials. In terms of grave goods they resemble
the Furstengraber of the Hallstatt Culture of Central Europe, with
famous Dutch and Belgian examples being the Chieftain's grave of
Oss, the wagon-grave of Wijchen and the elite cemetery of
Court-St-Etienne. . Fragmenting the Chieftain presents the results
of an in-depth and practice-based archaeological analysis of the
Dutch and Belgian elite graves and the burial practice through
which they were created. It was established that the elite burials
are embedded in the local burial practices - as reflected by the
use of the cremation rite, the bending and breaking of grave goods,
and the pars pro toto deposition of human remains and objects, all
in accordance with the dominant local urnfield burial practice. It
appears that those individuals interred with wagons and related
items warranted a more elaborate funerary rite, most likely because
these ceremonial and cosmologically charged vehicles marked their
owners out as exceptional individuals. Furthermore, in a few graves
the configuration of the grave good set, the use of textiles to
wrap grave goods and the dead and the reuse of burial mounds show
the influence of individuals familiar with Hallstatt Culture burial
customs. A comprehensive overview of the Dutch and Belgian graves
can be found in the accompanying Fragmenting the Chieftain -
Catalogue. Late Bronze and Early Iron Age elite burials in the Low
Countries.
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