The metal hoard from Pile in Scania, Sweden
Place, things, time, metals, and worlds around 2000 BCE
A part of the subject area Archaeology
With contributions by
Peter Northover,
Katharina Becker and
Zofia Stos-Gale
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About the book
In 1864, a large metal hoard of copper, bronze and silver objects was discovered at Pile in the southern Swedish region of Scania. The hoard has been dated to the onset of the rich Nordic Bronze Age, and emerges as the earliest, finest and one of the largest of the Nordic sacrificial deposits of metalwork in or near water.
The metal hoard from Pile in Scania, Sweden provides the first detailed documentation, Scientific examination and historical interpretation of the assemblage. Around 2000 BCE the site of Pile was networked with places near and far in a manner that boosted the political economy of Southern Scandinavia, adding to an atmosphere of tensions and charge - and it made history. The chapters unfold as a 'history from beneath' beginning with place, Things and time and concluding with metals and the worlds that intersected in Pile at the threshold of the long Bronze Age.
Table of contents
Preface
1. Prologue
2. Place
3. Things
4. Time
5. Metals
6. Worlds
Bibliography
Appendix 1. Metal Analysis of the Objects from Pile
Appendix 2. Corrosion and Wear in the Pile Hoard
Appendix 3. Interpretation of Lead Isotope Results form the Pile Hoard
Appendix 4. A Metallographic Study of Microstructure and Corrosion
Appendix 5. Lists 1-2 of LN II Metal Objects from Sweden
