Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period

Bronze cauldrons from the late Middle Ages, and the 16th and 17th century are hardly ever discovered during archaeological excavations but are usually unearthed by detectorists having discovered the find of their life. Many of these vessels happen to be damaged. Sometimes one or two legs are lost, o...

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Autor principal:	Vincent van Vilsteren
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	EXARC 2021
Materias:	container / vessel bronze late middle ages newer era the netherlands Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/b80614e32c9443ccb8228c047439aec3
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b80614e32c9443ccb8228c047439aec32021-12-01T14:42:35ZKilling the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/b80614e32c9443ccb8228c047439aec32021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10575https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Bronze cauldrons from the late Middle Ages, and the 16th and 17th century are hardly ever discovered during archaeological excavations but are usually unearthed by detectorists having discovered the find of their life. Many of these vessels happen to be damaged. Sometimes one or two legs are lost, or a piece of the rim is missing, more often they exhibit one or more dents. We know that in prehistory the ritual destruction of objects was common practice (Chapman, 2000; Verbaas and Van Gijn, 2007; Gerloff 2010; Knight, 2017; 2019). Could this practice also have been performed on bronze cooking ware in a Christian setting in The Netherlands in the Medieval and Postmedieval periods? Considering the robustness of the bronze cauldrons, there are suspicions that many of the dents were not caused by someone accidentally dropping the vessel, but by a deliberate blow, for example with an axe. Experimental research is required to verify this hypothesis.Vincent van VilsterenEXARCarticlecontainer / vesselbronzelate middle agesnewer erathe netherlandsMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2021/2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	container / vessel bronze late middle ages newer era the netherlands Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960 Vincent van Vilsteren Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period
description	Bronze cauldrons from the late Middle Ages, and the 16th and 17th century are hardly ever discovered during archaeological excavations but are usually unearthed by detectorists having discovered the find of their life. Many of these vessels happen to be damaged. Sometimes one or two legs are lost, or a piece of the rim is missing, more often they exhibit one or more dents. We know that in prehistory the ritual destruction of objects was common practice (Chapman, 2000; Verbaas and Van Gijn, 2007; Gerloff 2010; Knight, 2017; 2019). Could this practice also have been performed on bronze cooking ware in a Christian setting in The Netherlands in the Medieval and Postmedieval periods? Considering the robustness of the bronze cauldrons, there are suspicions that many of the dents were not caused by someone accidentally dropping the vessel, but by a deliberate blow, for example with an axe. Experimental research is required to verify this hypothesis.
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title	Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period
title_short	Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period
title_full	Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period
title_fullStr	Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period
title_full_unstemmed	Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period
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publishDate	2021
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Killing the Cauldron: Experimental Research on Dented Bronze Cauldrons from the (post)Medieval Period

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