Cremated animal remains and shattered pottery. Rare ritual deposits from the Middle to Late Bronze Age at Aalst – Siesegemkouter (Belgium)

Author:

Verbrugge Arne1,Groot Maaike2,Deforce Koen3,Mulder Guy De4,Meer Wouter Van der5,Reniere Sibrecht4,Cherretté Bart1,Boudin Mathieu6,Ervynck Anton7

Affiliation:

1. Dienst Archeologie SOLVA Erembodegem Belgium

2. Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie Berlin Germany

3. Ghent University Department of Archaeology Ghent, Belgium; Flanders Heritage Agency, Brussel, Belgium and Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussel Belgium

4. Ghent University Department of Archaeology Ghent Belgium

5. BIAX Consult Zaandam Netherlands

6. Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Brussel Belgium

7. Flanders Heritage Agency Brussel Belgium

Abstract

Abstract Archaeological research at Aalst – Siesegemkouter revealed several pits within a Middle to Late Bronze Age settlement. Most of them hardly contained any artefacts, but one exception showed a structured stratigraphy with an abundance of finds, including a large amount of shattered pottery, charcoal and calcined animal bone. The study of this assemblage, and comparison with two other pits showing similarities, provides strong indications of a closing deposit or another type of ‘site maintenance practice’. In the Low Countries, comparable contexts generally date from the Iron Age, suggesting that the finds from Aalst – Siesegemkouter represent early forerunners of this ritual practice. On top of this early date, the large volume of cremated animal bone represents an almost unique characteristic for which, until now, parallels from the Metal Ages have hardly been found, even on a Northwestern European scale. In general, the role played by organic remains in ritual contexts from these periods and regions is poorly understood, often due to bad preservation conditions or the lack of a multidisciplinary approach.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Archeology,Archeology

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