The diversity of Bronze Age hoards in Europe: Some thoughts about a social practice and its variations
Résumé
The diversity of Bronze Age hoards in Europe: Some thoughts about a social practice and its variations. Thousands of Bronze Age hoards have been discovered all around Europe, showing a high variability in space and time. A visible differentiation in the content of the hoards expresses probably different depositaries and may provide some clues about the distribution of wealth-in this case bronze objects-within the society. Statistics, spatial analysis and ethnological examples provide facts that allow us to interpret this phenomenon in social and eventually economic terms.