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'Everything In Its Right Place': Selective Depositions in Bronze Age Southwest Sweden
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7454-8333
Univ Oxford, UK.
University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
2025 (English)In: Cambridge Archaeological Journal, ISSN 0959-7743, E-ISSN 1474-0540, Vol. 35, no 1, p. 1-20Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Hoards have played a significant role in our narratives of the European Bronze Age, but their purpose and meaning have been the source of much debate. These debates have been positively impacted by studies that investigate the ways in which hoards are connected to specific landscape contexts. In this paper, we discuss the outcome of one such in-depth field study of 62 Bronze Age metalwork deposition locations from the Swedish province of Halland. By systematically analysing digital sources such as museum archives, church records and historical maps, we were able to establish the locations of a number of previously unlocated finds, which were then visited in the field. Through this combined archival work and fieldwork, we distinguished several patterns that allude to a connection between metalwork deposits, object types and specific places in the landscape. These patterns shed light on the landscape context of hoards in this region and illuminate how deposition patterns changed over time; we consider some factors that may help to explain these changes. The results emphasize the importance of landscape studies for understanding the role of selective deposition in European Bronze Age societies, and more broadly, the social implications of hoards in their context.

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Cambridge University Press, 2025. Vol. 35, no 1, p. 1-20
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Archaeology
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Humanities, Archaeology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-129139DOI: 10.1017/S095977432400009XISI: 001206980900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85191539503OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129139DiVA, id: diva2:1855741
Available from: 2024-05-02 Created: 2024-05-02 Last updated: 2025-02-04Bibliographically approved

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