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Régészet - Kristian Kristiansen: Understanding Bronze Age weapon hoards. Observations from the Zalkod and Vaja hoards, Northeastern Hungary

Kristian Kristiansen sets in some hoards). It is indeed fascinating to hold these well preserved swords in your hand, feel their balance, and observe their combat history on the blade, and the use wear on full-hilted swords. It can be demonstrated that many swords in weapon hoards were deposited right after a combat, without repairing the edge damages, as was usually the case in burial finds. They testify to a ritual practice, which continued throughout later prehistory into the Iron Age, and they open up for a new understanding of Bronze Age warfare. In this brief presentation I hope to have demonstrated that there is a whole new interpretative potential in use-wear studies on Bronze Age metalwork, both for solving chronological and culture historical problems. Reference BRIDGFORD 1997. Sue Bridgford: Mightier than the pen? An edgewise look at Irish Bronze Age swords. In: "Material Harm". Archaeological studies of war and violence. Ed. John Carman Cruithne Press. 1997.95-115. JÓSA-KEMENCZEI 1965. Jósa András-Kemenczei Tibor: Bronzkori halmazleletek. [Depotfunde aus der Bronzezeit.] NyJAMÉ 6-7.1963-1964. (1965)19-45. KEMENCZEI 1984. Tibor Kemenczei: Die Spätbronzezeit Nordostungarns. ArchHung. 51.1984. KEMENCZEI 1988. Tibor Kemenczei: Die Schwerter in Ungarn I (Griffplatten, Griffangel- und Griffzungenschwerter). PBFW.6. Verlag C.H. Beck, München 1988. KEMENCZEI 1991. Tibor Kemenczei: Die Schwerter in Ungarn II (Vollgriffschwerter). PBF IV.

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