Transformation through destruction : a monumental and extraordinary Early Iron Age Hallstatt C barrow from the ritual landscape of Oss-Zevenbergen

Transformation through destruction a monumental and extraordinary Early Iron Age Hallstatt C barrow from the ritual landscape of Oss-Zevenbergen

Some 2800 years ago, a man died in what is now the municipality of Oss, the Netherlands. His death must have been a significant event in the life of local communities, for he received an extraordinary funeral, which ended with the construction of an impressive barrow. Based on the meticulous excavat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Fontijn, David R., editor (editor), Vaart, S. van der, editor, Jansen, R., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Sidestone Press [2013]
Materias:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Netherlands.
Burial > Netherlands.
Iron age > Netherlands.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009707634206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • 1 The last mound(s) of Zevenbergen - cause, aims, and methods of the 2007 fieldwork campaign
  • 2 The physical and archaeological landscape of the Oss-Zevenbergen barrow group
  • 3 "Mound" 6: a post and ditch aligned long barrow
  • 4 Excavating the seventh mound
  • 5 The central find assemblage of mound 7
  • 6 The urn, bone, and iron from the central find assemblage in mound 7
  • 7 Dismantled, transformed, and deposited - prehistoric bronze from the centre of mound 7
  • 8 Conservation starts in the field - the retrieval and conservation of the finds from Oss-Zevenbergen
  • 9 Bronze studs: colouring, reconstruction, and conservation
  • 10 The local vegetation at the time of the construction of the Oss-Zevenbergen mounds 7 and 6
  • 11 An attempt to chemically identify the organic material inside the bronze studs from mound 7 using DT-MS
  • 12 Analysis of the cremated bone from mound 7
  • 13 A secondary burial in mound 7 - a macabre reuse of the Oss-Zevenbergen barrows in the Late Medieval Period
  • 14 Mesolithic finds in an Iron Age barrow
  • 15 Excavating the surroundings of the Oss-Zevenbergen mounds (6 and 7)
  • 16 Conclusion: the seventh mound of seven mounds - long-term history of the Zevenbergen barrow landscape
  • 17 Preserving and presenting the mounds and finds of Oss-Zevenbergen
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Acknowledgments
  • Colophon
  • Summary.

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