Weapons in graves during the Bronze and Iron Ages in Central Europe and elsewhere
Weapons in graves during the Bronze and Iron Ages in Central Europe and elsewhere

Summary/Abstract: Generally, weapons in graves appear in prehistory in periods without territorial system of hill forts; they were more often worn in everyday life, like Thucydides mentions for Early Greece (Thuc.I,2, 6). When forts existed, weapons were less commonly carried in everyday life; the administration could hold peace by other means. In such situations, weapons are more often found as offerings in so-called hoards, in rivers and other places of special significance in prehistoric religion (cf. Kristiansen 1998).

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