Wagon or no Wagon: Insights into Early Iron Age Burial Customs
Hagemann K, Žingor Z, Dostál Š, Kučera L, Mischka D (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2025
Journal
Book Volume: 16
Pages Range: 51-64
Journal Issue: 1
Abstract
Grave mound 2 in Sankt Helena, community of Simmelsdorf, has provided insights into Early Iron Age burial practices. Due to the preservation of small organic material attached to bronze and iron artefacts, mound 2 quickly became one of the focal points of our research project (No 57601170). In addition, several wagon- and horse-gear-related objects were discovered in this burial mound, which led us to the question of whether a wagon was placed in this grave in Sankt Helena. To investigate this, the organic residues attached to several bronze objects were analysed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). This allows the sample to be divided into its components and evaluated separately. The aim of this paper is to experimentally verify the presence of a wagon using chemical analyses of the organic material, in order to perhaps, for the first time, come closer to interpreting whether the burial mound contained a wagon or not.
Authors with CRIS profile
Katja Hagemann
Lehrstuhl für Jüngere Urgeschichte mit Schwerpunkt Neolithikum und Ältere Metallzeiten
Doris Mischka
Lehrstuhl für Jüngere Urgeschichte mit Schwerpunkt Neolithikum und Ältere Metallzeiten
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Czech Republic (CZ)How to cite
APA:
Hagemann, K., Žingor, Z., Dostál, Š., Kučera, L., & Mischka, D. (2025). Wagon or no Wagon: Insights into Early Iron Age Burial Customs. Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology, 16(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.24916/iansa.2025.1.4
MLA:
Hagemann, Katja, et al. "Wagon or no Wagon: Insights into Early Iron Age Burial Customs." Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology 16.1 (2025): 51-64.
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