River find
In contrast to soil finds, river finds are archaeological finds in bodies of water and at springs that occur particularly in Central, Northern and Western Europe in all periods of the Neolithic , but especially from the Bronze Age . River finds are to be seen as hoards or as offerings and consecration gifts.
Finds in sacrificial moors are a separate type of find and another form of finds in bodies of water, which, however, have a special position due to the degree of conservation of organic material (especially wood and tissue).
River finds from the Latène period are subject to changes over time: After the Hallstatt period , which was almost completely empty , only special objects initially found their way into the water. From the Middle La Tène period onwards, weapons dominated, including mass dumping, as in the sanctuaries. In the north, the Iron Age weapon find in Illerup Ådal stands out. At the time of the sacrifices, today's moor was one of several small lakes with an area of 400 by 250 meters and a depth of about four meters. In the late Latène period at the same time , coins were added in the south that continued into the Roman Empire .
See also
literature
- Günter Wegner: The prehistoric river finds from the Main and the Rhine near Mainz. Lassleben, Kallmünz 1976, ISBN 3-7847-5000-1 .
- Walter Torbrügge : Prehistoric and early historical river finds. For the order and determination of a group of monuments. In: Report of the Roman-Germanic Commission. Volumes 51-52, 1970/71, pp. 1-146.