claim · claim_bi_hoard_meanings_plural
Bronze Age hoards and watery deposits in Britain and Ireland cannot be assigned one universal meaning.
Bronze Age hoards and watery deposits in Britain and Ireland cannot be assigned one universal meaning.
Review and provenance
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Dataset workflow: supported with caveats. This is separate from specialist review.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · supports claim
The River Has Never Divided Us: Bronze Age Deposition in Rivers and Wetlands — David Mullin (2012)Compares river and wetland deposition and questions simple categorical separation of watery contexts.
Locator: Entire article, especially comparative and concluding sections - supports · supports claim
Random accumulation and breaking: The formation of Bronze Age scrap hoards in England and Wales — Rob Wiseman (2018)Uses a random accumulation and fragmentation model to argue that many scrap hoards may represent temporary stores for recycling rather than permanent ritual deposits.
Locator: Abstract; methods; results; discussion - supports · supports claim
Late Bronze Age gold hoards: Mooghaun and Dowris — National Museum of IrelandCuratorial synthesis of major Irish gold and bronze hoards and their depositional settings.
Locator: Mooghaun and Dowris sections; object totals and context
Contradicting sources
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Referenced records
- Sully and Lavernock Ewart Park metalwork find complex · entity
- Mooghaun North gold hoard · entity
- Adabrock hoard · entity
- Thames later Bronze Age depositional corridor · entity