Remarks on Male Burials in the Cemetery of Oberhof (Aukštkiemiai)
Volume 8 (2007): Weapons, Weaponry and Man (In memoriam Vytautas Kazakevičius), pp. 195–204
Pub. online: 9 November 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
22 January 2007
22 January 2007
Revised
21 May 2007
21 May 2007
Published
9 November 2007
9 November 2007
Abstract
In Oberhof (Aukštkiemiai, western Lithuania) cemetery, several groups of weapon furnishings can be distinguished. “Sword graves” occupy the central positions when charted on a reconstructed plan of the burial site. Graves are located further away from these centres as the number of weapons contained decreases. Weapon equipment is a key to deciphering the spatial structure of the cemetery.