Medieval History
A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark?s richest known Bronze Age burial mound Lusehøj may actually derive from Austria, new findings suggest. The cloth thus tells a surprising story about long-distance Bronze Age trade connections around 800 BC. The findings have just been published in Nature?s online journal Scientific Reports.
2,800 years ago, one of Denmark?s richest and most powerful men died. His body was burned. And the bereaved wrapped his bones in a cloth made from stinging nettle and put them in a stately bronze container, which also functioned as urn.
Now new findings suggest that the man?s voyage to his final resting place may have been longer than such voyages usually were during the Bronze Age: the nettle cloth, which was wrapped around the deceased?s bones, was not made in Denmark, and the evidence points to present-day Austria as the place of origin.
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Medieval History
Ancient burial cloth reveals Bronze Age trade connections
A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark?s richest known Bronze Age burial mound Lusehøj may actually derive from Austria, new findings suggest. The cloth thus tells a surprising story about long-distance Bronze Age trade connections around 800 BC. The findings have just been published in Nature?s online journal Scientific Reports.
2,800 years ago, one of Denmark?s richest and most powerful men died. His body was burned. And the bereaved wrapped his bones in a cloth made from stinging nettle and put them in a stately bronze container, which also functioned as urn.
Now new findings suggest that the man?s voyage to his final resting place may have been longer than such voyages usually were during the Bronze Age: the nettle cloth, which was wrapped around the deceased?s bones, was not made in Denmark, and the evidence points to present-day Austria as the place of origin.
Click here to read this article from History of the Ancient World
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