‘Scrap Metal Hoards’ of the Later Urnfield Period in the Carpathian Basin
A Case Study on a Hoard from Dezmir, Romania
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https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.49.17Keywords:
Carpathian Basin, Bronze Age, hoards, chronologyAbstract
Large ‘scrap’ metal hoards have so far been seen as a characteristic of the older Urnfield Period in the eastern Carpathian Basin. Using the hoard from Dezmir, Romania, as a starting point, this paper describes a group of hoards with chronologically and spatially diverse components. These hoards were hidden during the younger Urnfield Period and represent smaller variants of the older, large ‘scrap’ hoards. Earlier research has used them to define a chronological horizon (‘Phase 3-Jupalnic-Turia-Ha A2’). Based on archaeological observations, spatial data and a correspondence analysis, we argue that they represent a specific hoarding practice instead, characteristic of Phase 4, i.e. the younger Urnfield Period.
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