64 Splendour belt
Due to its size and conspicuous decoration, this tin belt stands out from the otherwise modest-looking grave goods of the pre-Roman Iron Age. The deceased possessed an ostentatious but bulky piece of jewellery that was probably only worn on special occasions. Such belts imitated Celtic belt chains; because of their limited distribution; they are called Holstein belts.
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Holstein Belt
Age: 250 - 100 v. Chr. Iron Age
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.
Material: Bronze, Iron
Location: HH-Altengamme