Ritual Knowledge: The Production, Distribution and Deposition of Late Bronze Age Hanging Vessels
Volume 18 (2012): People at the Crossroads of Space and Time (Footmarks of Societies in Ancient Europe) II, pp. 43–58
Pub. online: 30 December 2012
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
4 May 2012
4 May 2012
Revised
10 September 2012
10 September 2012
Accepted
17 October 2012
17 October 2012
Published
30 December 2012
30 December 2012
Abstract
The article presents aspects of the cultural function of Nordic Bronze Age hanging vessels, on the basis of their distribution and production in the Baltic Sea region. Depositions with hanging vessels and related objects show for some regions a similar understanding of the right use and ritual knowledge.