BOTANICAL ANALYSIS OF AN ORGANIC MATTER OBJECT FOUND IN THE URN GRAVE 1395 FROM THE OPATÓW CEMETERY (KLOBUCK DEPARTMENT, SLASKIE VOIVODESHIP)

• Authors: Moskal-del Hoyo Magdalena , Badal García Ernestina.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the results of a botanical analysis of an uncharred object found in the urn grave 1395 at the Opatów site 1. The necropolis belongs to the Lusatian culture (Upper Silesia-Little Poland group) and the grave is dated to the V period of the Bronze Age. A band made of organic matter seems to form part of a headdress or a headband deposited as part of a funeral offering. Its botanical analysis demonstrates the use of birch bark for cloth fabrication and therefore it provides information about the utilization of plant material in the Bronze Age.

Keywords

EN

ARCHAEOETHNOBOTANY; BIRCH BARK; BRONZE AGE FUNERAL OFFERINGS; PLANT ANATOMY

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 61
• Pages: 243-252
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Moskal-del Hoyo Magdalena

author

Badal García Ernestina.

• Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibánez 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA07427