Transformation through destruction
David R. Fontijn, S. van der Vaart, Richard Jansen, S. van der Vaart · 2013
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Over a 1000 tiny bronze artefacts were found alongside the remains of a man in a Dutch barrow that was excavated in laboratory conditions. The objects had been dismantled and taken apart, all to be destroyed by fire in what appears to have been a pars pro toto burial. In essence, a person and a place were being transformed through destruction. Based on the meticulous excavation and a range of specialist and comprehensive studies of finds, a prehistoric burial ritual now can be brought to life in surprising detail. This Iron Age community used extraordinary objects that find their closest counterpart in the elite graves of the Hallstatt culture in Central Europe.
Book details
- Year
- 2013
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Sidestone Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 346
- ISBN
- 9789088901027
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