Hoards have played a significant role in our narratives of the European Bronze Age, but their purpose and meaning have been the source of much debate. These debates have been positively impacted by studies that investigate the ways in which hoards are connected to specific landscape contexts. In this paper, we discuss the outcome of one such in-depth field study of 62 Bronze Age metalwork deposition locations from the Swedish province of Halland. By systematically analysing digital sources such as museum archives, church records and historical maps, we were able to establish the locations of a number of previously unlocated finds, which were then visited in the field. Through this combined archival work and fieldwork, we distinguished several patterns that allude to a connection between metalwork deposits, object types and specific places in the landscape. These patterns shed light on the landscape context of hoards in this region and illuminate how deposition patterns changed over time; we consider some factors that may help to explain these changes. The results emphasize the importance of landscape studies for understanding the role of selective deposition in European Bronze Age societies, and more broadly, the social implications of hoards in their context.

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“一切都在其正确的位置”——瑞典西南部青铜时代的选择性沉积

宝库在我们对欧洲青铜时代的叙述中发挥了重要作用，但它们的目的和意义一直是许多争论的根源。这些辩论受到了调查宝藏与特定景观环境联系方式的研究的积极影响。在本文中，我们讨论了对瑞典哈兰省 62 个青铜时代金属制品沉积地点进行的一项深入实地研究的结果。通过系统地分析博物馆档案、教堂记录和历史地图等数字资源，我们能够确定一些以前未找到的发现的位置，然后对这些发现进行实地访问。通过结合档案工作和实地考察，我们区分了几种模式，这些模式暗示了金属制品沉积物、物体类型和景观中特定地点之间的联系。这些模式揭示了该地区宝藏的景观背景，并阐明了沉积模式如何随时间变化；我们考虑一些可能有助于解释这些变化的因素。研究结果强调了景观研究对于理解选择性沉积在欧洲青铜时代社会中的作用的重要性，以及更广泛地理解囤积物在其背景下的社会影响的重要性。