A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark –
During two campaigns in 1997 and 1999, archaeologists from Esbjerg Museum excavated a spectacular Late Roman Iron Age weapon burial at Veldbæk in Esbjerg, Denmark. In addition to full weaponry, the deceased was buried with magnificent grave goods such as gilded fittings for a military belt, gaming...
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During two campaigns in 1997 and 1999, archaeologists from Esbjerg Museum excavated a spectacular Late Roman Iron Age weapon burial at Veldbæk in Esbjerg, Denmark. In addition to full weaponry, the deceased was buried with magnificent grave goods such as gilded fittings for a military belt, gaming pieces, a gold finger ring, a silver animal fibula, a red carnelian intaglio, and a copper-alloy-clad wooden bucket. The assemblage dates the grave to the transition between periods C1b and C2 of the Late Roman Iron Age, which is to say ca. AD 250 or shortly thereafter. The grave is a crucial new piece in the puzzle to understand how power was distributed in southern Jutland during the Late Roman Iron Age.
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac24109e72c9496abc1903d0dd57011a2023-11-18T01:03:08ZengEditorial Board of DJADanish Journal of Archaeology2166-22902022-12-011110.7146/dja.v11i.128933A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – Bente Grundvad Alexiou0Lars Grundvad1Xenia Pauli Jensen2Museum of Southwest JutlandMuseet på SønderskovMoesgaard Museum During two campaigns in 1997 and 1999, archaeologists from Esbjerg Museum excavated a spectacular Late Roman Iron Age weapon burial at Veldbæk in Esbjerg, Denmark. In addition to full weaponry, the deceased was buried with magnificent grave goods such as gilded fittings for a military belt, gaming pieces, a gold finger ring, a silver animal fibula, a red carnelian intaglio, and a copper-alloy-clad wooden bucket. The assemblage dates the grave to the transition between periods C1b and C2 of the Late Roman Iron Age, which is to say ca. AD 250 or shortly thereafter. The grave is a crucial new piece in the puzzle to understand how power was distributed in southern Jutland during the Late Roman Iron Age. https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/128933Iron AgeRoman Age networkweapon burialDenmark |
| spellingShingle | Bente Grundvad Alexiou Lars Grundvad Xenia Pauli Jensen A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – Danish Journal of Archaeology Iron Age Roman Age network weapon burial Denmark |
| title | A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – |
| title_full | A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – |
| title_fullStr | A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – |
| title_short | A rich weapon burial from the Late Roman Iron Age at Veldbæk, Denmark – |
| title_sort | rich weapon burial from the late roman iron age at veldbaek denmark |
| topic | Iron Age Roman Age network weapon burial Denmark |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/128933 |
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