1st Edition
Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume presents eight new Iron Age gold hoards from the southern Netherlands and Belgium, consisting of gold coinages and in several cases also gold ornaments. The study of these hoards provides a wealth of new information on the archaeological contexts in which they were found, on the dating of many coin types and jewellery, and on the social role of gold in pre-Roman society. All these... Read more
Preface, Eight gold hoards from the Low Countries. A synthesis, The gold hoard of Fraire,5Three gold hoards from Thuin, Remains of a disturbed gold hoard at Orp-le-Grand? The gold hoard of Heers, The gold and silver hoard of Maastricht-Amby, Analytical investigation of Late Iron Age gold hoards from the Low Countries, list of contributors.
Biography
Guido Creemers is chief curator of the Gallo-Romeins Museum at Tongres (B).
Nico Roymans is professor of West European archaeology at the VU University in Amsterdam.|Simone Scheers is Emeritus Professor in Celtic Numismatics of the Catholic University of Leuven.
