Vegetal grave goods in a female burial on Bornholm (Denmark) from the Late Roman Iron Age period interpreted in a comparative European perspective

Vegetal grave goods in a female burial on Bornholm (Denmark) from the Late Roman Iron Age period interpreted in a comparative European perspective

Knowledge about the healing properties of plant substances is probably as old as humankind, and this can be demonstrated by botanical finds in archaeological contexts. Southern Scandinavia has a long tradition of supplying deceased persons with vegetal material for use in their afterlife, as shown...

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Main Authors: Sabine Karg, Ulla Lund Hansen, Anne Margrethe Walldén, Jens Glastrup, Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Board of DJA 2014-05-01
Series:Danish Journal of Archaeology
Subjects:
vegetal grave goods
Scandinavia
Late Roman Iron Age
Allium cloves
birch tar
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/124914

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