M.H.G. Kuijpers BRONZE AGE METALWORKING IN THE NETHERLANDS (c.2000-800BC) A research into the preservation of metallurgy related artefacts and the social position of the smith This is an Open Access publication. Visit our website for more OA publication, to read any of our books for free online, or to buy them in print or PDF. www.sidestone.com Check out some of our latest publications: BRONZE AGE METALWORKING IN THE NETHERLANDS (C. 2000 - 800 BC) Sidestone Press BRONZE AGE METALWORKING IN THE NETHERLANDS (C. 2000 - 800 BC) A research into the preservation of metallurgy related artefacts and the social position of the smith M.H.G. Kuijpers Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Harry Fokkens Dr. David Fontijn Research Master Thesis Early Farming Communities in North-West Europe Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden September 2008 Copyright 2008 by M.H.G. Kuijpers (
[email protected]) Published by Sidestone Press, Leiden www.sidestone.nl Sidestone registration number: SSP36230002 ISBN 978-90-8890-015-0 Cover illustration: Design: Maikel Kuijpers, Karsten Wentink 3KRWRJUDSK\-RKDQQ+HOJDVRQ GHWDLORI VPLWK·VÀUH Titlepage illustration: Drawing: Theodor Kittelsen (for Johan Wessel’s poem “the smith and the baker”) Layout: Maikel Kuijpers For my parents As you set out for Ithaca hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. … Keep Ithaca always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way, not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.