Making a point: A study of later prehistoric pins from the Netherlands (2200-250 BCE)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21827/6694ed8c6527dKeywords:
pins, Bronze Age, Iron Age, ornaments, The Netherlands, identity expression, supraregional contacts, metalwork, European contact networks, later prehistoryAbstract
In this contribution, we discuss the nearly two hundred later prehistoric pins from bronze and iron that were found in the Netherlands, and range in date between the Late Neolithic and the Late Iron Age (2200- 250 BCE). For all these pins, we provide information on form, dimensions and decoration, that help to identify local and supra-regional styles in dress-fasteners. Production techniques and compositions of the bronze alloys used are – where available – also discussed. The diachronic and systematic review of their contexts of recovery and object associations, allow to identify diachronic trends in pin use and pin deposition, which means that both local and supra-regional traditions in identity expression using pins can be identified.
