One of my most useful sources when researching The Ax and the Vase were archaeological findings from Frankish tombs (the artifactual information from these was invaluable), individual graves, and cemetery sites. Today, let's take a look at the recent U.K. discovery of a Beaker burial - the grave of a woman of status dating to four and a half millennia ago. Her status is evident, and extremely illuminating. The BBC's article is here, and a good blog post with even more images is here.
Interesting points to consider: CEMEX Corporation's actions and role in this excavation ...
Another site, this time revisiting France (see a previous post on the Gaulish find of women buried with warriors here). This piece is somewhat more in-depth and discusses both burial practices and combat in Celtic culture of the time. I like the part where "The Barbarian image ... has been dispelled by historical research." Heh.
(Pedantic notes - I'm fairly sure that the woman's HIP was not decorated with a comb-like stamp - and that she was 35 years old, not 35-years-old, which construction is usually used in saying "a five-year-old" etc. Surprisingly slipshod editing, BBC!)
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