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Article: David R. Fontijn. Sacrificial Landscapes: Cultural Biographies of Persons, Objects and 'natural' Places in the Bronze Age of the Southern Netherlands.(Book review)
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- March 1, 2006
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DAVID R. FONTIJN. Sacrificial landscapes: cultural biographies of persons, objects and 'natural' places in the Bronze Age of the southern Netherlands, c. 2300-600 BC (Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 33134). xvii+392 pages, 120 figures, 59 tables. 2002. Leiden: University of Leiden Faculty of Archaeology; 90-73368-19-7 (ISSN 0169-7447) paperback 50 [euro].
The deposition of metal objects in northern Europe during the Bronze Age has attracted the interest of scholars since the birth of modern archaeology. How come that bronze objects were deposited in huge quantities in marshes, rivers and burials instead of being recycled? With this book, David Fontijn has made ...