The Snettisham, Norfolk, hoards of Iron Age torques: sacred or profane?

Andrew P. Fitzpatrick

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The remarkable find of Iron Age gold torques from Snettisham (see ANTIQUITY 65: 447–65) was interpreted by the excavator, Ian Stead, as representing a treasury, ‘assigned to the earth for safe-keeping’, rather than a votive deposit. This article argues that these are not mutually exclusive categories, since no clear distinction was made in Iron Age Europe between sacred and profane.

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1991The Passage of Arms. An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits 1985Die Historien des Poseidonios 1991The Snettisham Treasure: excavations in 1990 1987Iron Age Coinage in South-East England, Parts i and ii: The Archaeological Context 1987Celtic gold torcs

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