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Many large cemeteries from the Iron Age are known from the Lower Elbe region. The urn cemetery at Putensen contains almost a thousand burials from the late Pre-Roman Iron Age and the Roman Imperial Period. Some outstanding warrior graves are characterised by particularly rich grave goods, and the ashes of the deceased were interred in metal vessels of Roman origin. Most of the urns, however, were clay vessels. Almost all of them have been restored and supplemented, and today fill several shelves in the museum's depot - the urn wall in the exhibition shows only a small section of our large archives with over 2.5 million finds.
Info: Showcase 158
Urns
Age: 350 v. Chr. - 100 n. Chr. Iron Age - Roman Imperial Period
Iron Age:
With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Roman Imperial Period
With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Material: Ceramics
Location: Putensen
Loom Weight
Age: 350 v. Chr. - 100 n. Chr. Iron Age - Roman Imperial Period
Iron Age:
With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Roman Imperial Period
With the beginning of iron smelting around 700 BC, the new, harder iron took the place of bronze. The Iron Age is the third major period in human history after the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. In northern Europe it is divided into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which covers the period from the end of the Bronze Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire at the turn of the century. And the Roman Imperial Period, in which the completely new way of life introduced by the Romans, can also be clearly seen in Free Germania. With the introduction of writing, European prehistory ends - early history begins.
Material: Ceramics
Location: Putensen