Scapulae and phalanges as grave goods: a mystery from the Early Bronze Age

Kyselý, René; Limburský, Petr; Šumberová, Radka; Langová, Michaela; Ernée, Michal

doi:10.1007/s12520-019-01004-1

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“…In contrast, bone fragments such as phalanges are typical non-meaty parts and show no traces of human manipulation. Phalanges could represent non-food offerings that were thought to have protective power and could have been used as tokens or talismans (Kyselý et al 2020). Pauli (1975) proposed that teeth, claws, and single animal bones from Hallstatt graves served as amulets, often associated with children and women as those most likely to need extra protection (Frie 2020, after Pauli 1975.…”

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Two Graves from Batina: An indication of the economic role and social status of women near the Danube in the Early Iron Age

Dizdar¹,

Metzner-Nebelsick²,

Šikanjić³

et al. 2023

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The majority of the Early Iron Age cremation graves of women near the Middle Danube in northeast Croatia and northwest Serbia, in the cemeteries of Batina, Dalj, Vukovar, Sotin and Doroslovo, contained an urn, a set of ceramic vessels, and sometimes costume accessories and additional jewellery items, such as hair bands, pendants, or fibulae. The present paper uses interdisciplinary analysis and interpretation to examine the chronology of graves 101 and 105 from the cemetery of Batina and the role of the women in the community that lived on the site in the Early Iron Age.

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Two Graves from Batina: An indication of the economic role and social status of women near the Danube in the Early Iron Age

Dizdar¹,

Metzner-Nebelsick²,

Šikanjić³

et al. 2023

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Výrobky z tvrdých živočišných materiálů ve starší době bronzové na jižní Moravě

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2023

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The presented article focuses on Early Bronze Age artefacts made from hard animal materials found in the south Moravia region. This topic tends to be neglected in the literature, as these artefacts are not as numerous as ceramics or bronze objects. However, their study can bring important knowledge. Open rural settlements of the Early Bronze Age are compared. Two sites are dated to the Únětice culture, the third to the Věteřov group. Processed assemblages are the largest known collections of artefacts from the period in south Moravia. The main aim of the thesis is a detailed analysis of the assemblages, which consist mainly of objects assembled from bones and antlers; the use of other raw materials is rare. The article compares the production of artefacts between the earlier Únětice and later Věteřov phases. It briefly addresses the find circumstances and contexts of individual artefacts. The analytical part includes an osteological determination of raw materials used for the production of artefacts. It focuses on a morphological and typological description of objects based on new descriptive standards in an effort to revise previously used subjective terms such as awl. The third part of the analysis is devoted to a study of use-wear marks created in the production and use of individual artefacts or their archaeologisation. The discussion addresses the possibilities of interpreting and identifying the function of individual objects on the basis of the above analyses.

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Scapulae and phalanges as grave goods: a mystery from the Early Bronze Age

Cited by 2 publications

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Two Graves from Batina: An indication of the economic role and social status of women near the Danube in the Early Iron Age

Two Graves from Batina: An indication of the economic role and social status of women near the Danube in the Early Iron Age

Výrobky z tvrdých živočišných materiálů ve starší době bronzové na jižní Moravě

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