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In 1864, a large metal hoard of copper, bronze and silver objects was discovered at Pile in the southern Swedish region of Scania. The hoard has been dated to the onset of the rich Nordic Bronze Age, and emerges as the earliest, finest and one of the largest of the Nordic sacrificial deposits of metalwork in or near water. The metal hoard from Pile in Scania, Sweden' provides the first detailed documentation, Scientific examination and historical interpretation of the assemblage. Around 2000 BCE the site of Pile was networked with places near and far in a manner that boosted the political economy of Southern Scandinavia, adding to an atmosphere of tensions and charge - and it made history. The chapters unfold as a 'history from beneath' beginning with place, Things and time and concluding with metals and the worlds that intersected in Pile at the threshold of the long Bronze Age.

Antiquities. --- Bronze age --- Bronze age. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- Funde. --- Hoards, Prehistoric --- Hoards, Prehistoric. --- Metall. --- Malmö --- Skåne (Sweden) --- Sweden

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In 1864, a large metal hoard of copper, bronze and silver objects was discovered at Pile in the southern Swedish region of Scania. The hoard has been dated to the onset of the rich Nordic Bronze Age, and emerges as the earliest, finest and one of the largest of the Nordic sacrificial deposits of metalwork in or near water. The metal hoard from Pile in Scania, Sweden' provides the first detailed documentation, Scientific examination and historical interpretation of the assemblage. Around 2000 BCE the site of Pile was networked with places near and far in a manner that boosted the political economy of Southern Scandinavia, adding to an atmosphere of tensions and charge - and it made history. The chapters unfold as a 'history from beneath' beginning with place, Things and time and concluding with metals and the worlds that intersected in Pile at the threshold of the long Bronze Age.

Hoards, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Bronze age --- Metal-work, Prehistoric --- Skåne (Sweden) --- Sweden --- Antiquities.

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Hoards, Prehistoric --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Sacrifice --- Warfare, Prehistoric --- Weapons, Prehistoric --- Cross-cultural studies --- Europe --- Hjortspring Site (Denmark). --- Antiquities.

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In Bronze Age Europe, an enormous amount of metalwork was buried in the ground and never retrieved. Patterns in the archaeological finds show that this was a deliberate practice: people systematically deposited valuable metal objects in specific places in the landscape, even in non-metalliferous regions. Although this practice seems strange and puzzling from our modern perspective, these patterns demonstrate that it was not simply a matter of irrational human behaviour. Instead, there were supra-regionally shared ideas and conventions behind this practice. This book aims to acquire a better understanding of these ideas and conventions. By systematically investigating the objects and places that people selected for metalwork depositions, the logic behind the practice of selective metalwork deposition is unravelled. This research focuses specifically on the emergence of the practice in Denmark, northern Germany, and the Netherlands, a region without sources of copper and tin that has not been studied as a whole before, despite striking similarities in the archaeological record. Starting from the first introduction of metal to the research area, the emergence and development of selective metalwork depositions is examined and followed over time. For thousands of years, deliberately depositing metal objects in the landscape was a completely normal thing to do. We are now beginning to catch a glimpse of the logic behind this human behaviour. This research does not only add a new chronological and geographical depth to the field of metalwork depositions, but it also provides a detailed catalogue of the metalwork from the research area.

Antiquities. --- Bronze age --- Bronze age. --- Metal-work, Prehistoric --- Metal-work, Prehistoric. --- Denmark --- Denmark. --- Germany, Northern --- Netherlands --- Netherlands. --- Northern Germany. --- Hoards, Prehistoric

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Neolithic period --- Bronze age --- Metal-work, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Néolithique --- Age du bronze --- Métallurgie préhistorique --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Europe --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Hoards, Prehistoric --- Néolithique --- Métallurgie préhistorique --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Congrès --- Antiquités --- Hoards, Prehistoric - Congresses --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Congresses --- Neolithic period - Congresses --- Bronze age - Congresses