Naslov
Fortifications, swords and warriors – Weapon deposition ritual, hoards and weapon/metal taboo in graves in Late Bronze Age Eastern Croatia

Autori
Kalafatić, Hrvoje ; Šošić Klindžić, Rajna ; Šiljeg, Bartul

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022) – Abstract Book / Kleinová, Kateřina - Prag : European Association of Archaeologists, 2022, 75-75

ISBN
978-80-88441-02-1

Skup
28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022) – Abstract Book: (Re)integration

Mjesto i datum
Budimpešta, Mađarska, 31.08.2022. - 03.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Late Bronze Age ; Eastern Croatia ; weapon ; ritual deposition

Sažetak
One of most significant characteristics of LBA in Eastern Croatia is the lack / invisibility of warrior graves and the simul taneous appearance of numerous hoards, many of which contain whole or fragmented weapons. This kind of inverse proportionality always attracted the attention of the researchers. At first sight, these occurrences seem interrelated but deeper insights suggest that such an approach is too simplified and the actual level of correlation is yet to be determined. The aim of this presentation is to discuss opposing Late Bronze Age rituals which came to light during rescue exca vations of a Bronze Age settlement in Čepinski Martinci, Eastern Croatia. Everything we know about weapons and warriorhood in LBA Croatia, we know mostly from hoards or rare finds like the sword from Čepinski Martinci. Deposited swords are opposed to absence/taboo of weapons in early phases of LBA between Sava and Drava rivers. This presentation analyses a sword that has been ritually deposited by the south entrance gate in fence ditch of the Čepinski Martinci settlement. We suggest the sword to be interpreted as a foundational votive offering. We under stand this to be an object to which community assigns specific powers and significance. Thus, it is proposed that the sword find is to be interpreted as a symbolical „gift“ at the moment of the settlement’s foundation. On the one hand, the sword could be seen as a pledge for community security but on the other hand it could be argued that it is a signal of the military nature of the LBA society. The non-funerary context of the single sword deposition find from Čepinski Martinci suggests that weapons were active agents in non-conflict related rituals within the settlement and argues for symbolic values not necessarily con nected to a specific person, but to but the entire community.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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