Tobias Mörtz
Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie, Graduate Student
This paper discusses the practice of stuffing the sockets of metalwork implements prior to deposition with other objects, mostly fragments of other metal items but on occasion also non-metallic objects. In the Carpathian Basin it is found... more
This paper discusses the practice of stuffing the sockets of metalwork implements prior to deposition with other objects, mostly
fragments of other metal items but on occasion also non-metallic objects. In the Carpathian Basin it is found during the earlier
part of the Late Bronze Age and in Britain and Ireland towards the end of this period. Seen against the backdrop of wider,
pan-European depositional practices, this peculiar custom in most cases can be interpreted as an attempt at preserving the
integrity of individual sets of items within larger communal offerings.
fragments of other metal items but on occasion also non-metallic objects. In the Carpathian Basin it is found during the earlier
part of the Late Bronze Age and in Britain and Ireland towards the end of this period. Seen against the backdrop of wider,
pan-European depositional practices, this peculiar custom in most cases can be interpreted as an attempt at preserving the
integrity of individual sets of items within larger communal offerings.
