1 ene 1500 año aC - Ommerschans, the Netherlands (lecture, giant ceremonial sword)
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Ommerschans, the Netherlands (lecture, giant ceremonial sword).
[Subject of Fontijn's studies]!
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"Ommerschans, NL: giant ceremonial sword. Emphasis on ceremonial aspects+ warfare was ideology+part of religion> these giant swords mimic each other into smallest detailst but not made in same mould> created as singular family of sacred swords> zijn er maar 6 in EU."(Anna-Fline)
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ZWAARD VAN Ommerschans
- c. 3kg
- perfectly made
- ceremonial artifact of the highest order
- 6 of them in Europe
- made by the same smith, or by good smiths that had the example
- mimics bronze age derks
- let it sunk in the slump
Economies of Destruction
- most metal was recycled (eg. nl to far from the mines)
- Deposition
- objects were physically destroyed Object receives a particular treatment
- Objects places in (semi-) circles
- Swords in upright position
- Hoard: several objects together in ground, not in grave
Deposition → when an object is deliberately placed in the landscape forever
Swords —> Rivers
Axes —> Bogs (moerassen)
Local style ornaments. —> Graves.
Some objects were only deposited in graves, whilst others were kept out of them
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World Archaeology - Europe. Mesolithic to the Iron age
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