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    "title": "Fragmenting the Chieftain \u2013 Catalogue",
    "subtitle": "late Bronze and Early Iron Age elite burials in the low countries",
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    "description": "<br />There is a cluster of Early Iron Age (800-500 BC) elite burials in the Low Countries in which bronze vessels, weaponry, horse-gear and wagons were interred as grave goods. Mostly imports from Central Europe, these objects are found brought together in varying configurations in cremation burials generally known as Chieftain's graves or Princely burials. In terms of grave goods they resemble the F\u00fcrstengr\u00e4ber of the Hallstatt Culture of Central Europe, with famous Dutch and Belgian examples being the Chieftain's grave of Oss, the wagon-grave of Wijchen and the elite cemetery of Court-St-Etienne.<br />The majority of the Dutch and Belgian burials were found several decades to several centuries ago and context information tends to be limited. They also tend to be published in Dutch or French or otherwise difficult to access publications. This research went back to the original reports and studied the objects found in these graves in detail. This generated new and evidence-based insights and interpretations into these exceptional burials and allowed for the reconstruction of the individual burial rituals. Fragmenting the Chieftain - Catalogue presents the first comprehensive overview of the Dutch and Belgian elite graves (in English) and the objects they contain.<br />The results of an in-depth and practice-based archaeological analysis of the Dutch and Belgian elite graves and the burial practice through which they were created can be found in Fragmenting the Chieftain. A practice-based study of Early Iron Age Hallstatt C elite burials of the Low Countries.<br />Contents:<br />C1 Introduction<br />C2 Terminology and typology<br />C3 Revealing restorations<br />C4 Baarlo<br />C5 Basse-Wavre<br />C6 Court-St-Etienne<br />C7 Darp-Bisschopsberg<br />C8 Ede-Bennekom<br />C9 Flobecq-Pottelberg Tombelle 78<br />C10 Gedinne-Chevaudos<br />C11 Haps grave 190<br />C12 Harchies-Maison Cauchies<br />C13 Havr\u00e9<br />C14 Heythuizen-Bisschop<br />C15 Hofstade-Kasteelstraat Sp. 16<br />C16 Horst-Hegelsom<br />C17 La Plant\u00e9e des Dames<br />C18 Leesten-Meijerink grave 1<br />C19 Limal-Morimoine<br />C20 Lommel-Kattenbos Tombelle 20<br />C21 Louette-St-Pierre Fosse-Aux-Morts<br />C22 Maastricht-Heer<br />C23 Meerlo<br />C24 Meppen<br />C25 Neerharen-Rekem tombe 72<br />C26 Oss-Vorstengraf<br />C27 Oss-Zevenbergen<br />C28 Rhenen-Koerheuvel<br />C29 Someren-Kraayenstark<br />C30 Someren-Philipscamping<br />C31 Stoquoy Tombelle 5<br />C32 Uden-Slabroek<br />C33 Venlo<br />C34 Weert-Boshoverheide<br />C35 Wijchen<br />Bibliography<br />CA1 Hallstatt period textile finds from the Netherlands<br />CA2 Inventory Chieftain's grave of Oss through three restorations<br />",
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