The Funeral Custom of Depositing Wooden Buckets during the Merovingian Period: the Current State of this Question in Northwestern Gaul

Vallée, Amélie

doi:10.4000/archeomed.2777

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“…Redknap 1984, 403). The elongated triangles that are found on some pitchers around the neck and in registers further down could derive from decorative Pressblech mounts reinforcing the openings of wooden buckets and drinking horns, found in 6 th -and 7 thcentury high-status burials on the continent and in England (Stone 1961;Vallée 2016). However, such continental comparanda would not have been widely available in 9 thcentury northern Europe.…”

Section: A Pitcher Without Parallel?mentioning

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Glittery Pitchers in Viking Homes. Exploring Sensory Aspects of Tating Pottery

Deckers¹

2022

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When daydreaming of life in the Viking Age, most people probably do not give a second thought to something as mundane as ceramic vessels for storing, preparing and serving food. Now, imagine a pitcher, carefully turned on the potter's wheel, shaping the finest clay into a bold design, after which the dark surface was burnished to a shine. After firing, on top this smooth, glossy surface, the artisan has applied tight rows of triangles and strips cut out of tin foil, which were then polished to reflect light like a mirror. If that sounds outlandish, it's because it was -here was a vessel purposely made to catch the eye, as one the most visually striking utensils in Viking halls and townhouses.

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Section: A Pitcher Without Parallel?mentioning

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Glittery Pitchers in Viking Homes. Exploring Sensory Aspects of Tating Pottery

Deckers¹

2022

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Wood use in early medieval weapon production

Haneca

Deforce

2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Nie tylko z drewna. Wiadra klepkowe obite blachą w grobach wczesnośredniowiecznych na terenie ziem polskich

Kurasiński

2023

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In this study, information was collected on stave-built wooden vessels (buckets) from early medieval cemeteries in Polish lands, for which the distinguishing feature is metal fittings in the form of strips and / or crescent- shaped applications. In the light of the current state of knowledge, we have information on 33 containers of such design from nineteen cemeteries. The most numerous collection of them was discovered in Lutomiersk, from where eight graves with such vessels are known. Three containers were recorded in the cemetery in Pień, and in Kałdus, Lubień, Komorowo and Poznań-Śródka – two in each. The remaining sites provided single finds. These vessels were subjected to a typological, formal and chronological analysis, taking into account the context of discovery and provenance, and on this basis an attempt was made to interpret their meaning in funeral rites. In Polish lands, the deceased were buried with the type of vessel in question at the end of the 10th century, and this custom disappeared at the beginning of the 12th century.

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The Funeral Custom of Depositing Wooden Buckets during the Merovingian Period: the Current State of this Question in Northwestern Gaul

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Glittery Pitchers in Viking Homes. Exploring Sensory Aspects of Tating Pottery

Glittery Pitchers in Viking Homes. Exploring Sensory Aspects of Tating Pottery

Wood use in early medieval weapon production

Nie tylko z drewna. Wiadra klepkowe obite blachą w grobach wczesnośredniowiecznych na terenie ziem polskich

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