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Journey to murder: Atypical graves of the immigrants in the Early Bronze Age Europe

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Pokutta D. A.

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

2014

vol. 66

91-100

Migrations had important effects on Bronze Age economy, adaptation of new inventions and technological cohesion, however their impact upon society remains under-studied. The knowledge of how individual longdistance journeys affected forms of societal interaction is limited and fragmented, especially when it comes to murder. In archaeology the analyses of criminality encounter massive obstacles due to unknowable character of crimes, victims and social contexts of these. In this paper we present new data and results of isotopic analyses (14C, 87Sr/86Sr, 15N and 13C) of the four individuals discovered in the mass grave in Milejowice, SW Poland, and associated with the Únětice Culture (2200–1700 B.C).Our data indicate the presence of immigrants from other parts of Europe in prehistoric Silesia and sheds a new light upon likely nature of crimes in the Early Bronze Age Úněticean society. The availability of high-resolution data on various levels, from intra-individual to interpopulation, makes stable isotope analysis a powerful tool for studying mobility and food practices.

Princes, Gold Weapons and Armies. Reflections on the Dieskau gold find and its possible origin from the Early Bronze Age Bornhöck barrow near Dieskau in the Saalekreis district

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Meller H.

Studia Hercynia

2019

issue 24

9-21

The famous Early Bronze Age gold find from Dieskau, Saalekreis district, in Central Germany consists of three bracelets, a small ring, and a flanged axe, while eight other objects of unknown type remain lost. It was discovered in 1874 only three kilometres from a very large princely burial mound called Bornhöck, which was destroyed mostly in the second half of the 19th century AD. This paper argues that the gold ensemble was probably found during the removal of the Bornhöck burial mound and only subsequently attributed to a different find site to cover up the illegal extraction. In any case, there is a connection with the princely graves of the Únětice Culture. The prince of Dieskau was likely the most powerful of these princes.

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Journey to murder: Atypical graves of the immigrants in the Early Bronze Age Europe

Princes, Gold Weapons and Armies. Reflections on the Dieskau gold find and its possible origin from the Early Bronze Age Bornhöck barrow near Dieskau in the Saalekreis district