The Life Cycle of Middle Bronze Age Bronze Artefacts from the Western Part of the Carpathian Basin. By Viktória Kiss

https://www.academia.edu/295549/The_Life_Cycle_of_Middle_Bronze_Age_Bronze_Artefacts_from_the_Western_Part_of_the_Carpathian_Basin The interpretation of Bronze Age metal hoards is one of the main subjects of Central European archaeology. In this study the finds of the so–called Tolnanémedi horizon, which belong to the material remains of the Transdanubian Encrusted Pottery culture, offer an opportunity to study the various phases of the life cycle of an object. The analysis of how the objects were manufactured, what they were used for and under what circumstances they were buried, may enable us to establish who these objects can be linked to, and why they were deposited in that particular way. ...