Table 3. Artefacts from the cremation experiment
Fig I.
Artefacts burned on the pyre together with the sow.
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Fig II.
Position of artefacts before burning.
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1. Fragment
of chain armour
Made of soft
iron, zincked. Position in the burial: around the neck, against the
skin.
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Fig. 1_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 1_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
1_3 (after burning)
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2. Shield
boss
Made of iron,
coloured with brown paint, diameter 19 cm. Position in the burial: on
the right side of the animal, against the skin.
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Fig. 2_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 2_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
2_3 (after burning).
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3. Steel
knife
Position in
the burial: on the blanket, behind the back, at the middle part of
the body.
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Fig. 3_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 3_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
3_3 (after burning).
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4. Iron rod
Position in
the burial: on the blanket, on the front side of the body, partly
against the skin.
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Fig. 4_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 4_2 (after burning).
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5. Sheet of
quenched steel
Position in
the burial: on the blanket, on the front side of the body.
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Fig. 5_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 5_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
5_3 (after burning).
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6. Steel
mounts
Position in
the burial: between the hoof of the right hind leg.
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Fig. 6_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 6_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
6_3 (after burning).
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7. Piece of
bronze sheet
Made of
bronze with a high content of copper.
Position in
the burial: on the blanket, behind the back, next to knife.
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Fig. 7_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 7_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
7_3 (after burning).
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8. Bronze
mounts
Four
rectangular bronze mounts.
Position in
the burial: on the blanket, behind the back. Two were found after the
burning.
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Fig. 8_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 8_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
8_3 (after burning)
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9. Ornamental
bronze mount
Position in
the burial: on the blanket, behind the back on the side of the sow,
near the rectangular mounts.
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Fig. 9_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 9_2 (position in the burial); Fig.
9_3 (after burning)
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10. Mount
A
fishtail-shaped mount made of bronze with high copper content.
Position in the burial: on the right side of the trunk, against the
skin.
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Fig. 10_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 10_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 10_3 (after burning)
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11.
Chain-holders
Two bronze
chain-holders. Position in the burial: one of them on the front side
of the body, on the blanket; the other on the right side, against the
skin.
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Fig. 11_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 11_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 11_3 (after burning)
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12. Brooch
A bronze
brooch-blank. Position in the burial: on the front side of the body,
on the blanket.
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Fig. 12_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 12_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 12_3 (after burning)
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13. Finial of
flag
A bronze
finial of a Finnish army flagpole. Cast of bronze with high copper
content.
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Fig. 13_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 13_2 (after burning)
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14. Fragment
of a neck ring made of copper wire
Position in
the burial: around the right ear, twisted together with cupronickel
wire (see Fig. 15_2).
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Fig. 14_1
(before the burning process), Fig. 14_2 (after burning)
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15. Fragment
of cupronickel neck ring
Position in
the burial: around the right ear, twisted together with copper wire.
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Fig. 15_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 15_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 15_3 (after burning)
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16. Piece of
silver sheet
Position in
the burial: behind the back, inside a clay vessel.
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Fig. 16_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 16_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 16_3 (after burning)
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17. Strip of
silver sheet
Position in
the burial: around the hoof of the right foreleg.
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Fig. 17_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 17_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 17_3 (after burning)
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18. Antler
fragment
Position in
the burial: between the right foreleg and the trunk.
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Fig. 18_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 18_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 18_3 (after burning)
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19. Disc of
horn/antler
Position in
the burial: on the front side of the abdomen, against the blanket and
skin.
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Fig. 19_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 19_2 (position in the burial);
Fig. 19_3 (after burning)
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20. Processed
piece of horn/antler
Position in
the burial: on the right side of the abdomen, against the skin.
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Fig. 20_1
(above on the photo); Fig. 20_2 (position in the burial); Fig. 20_3
(after burning)
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21. Processed piece of bone (see Fig. 20_1 below in the photo)
Position in
the burial: on the front side of the body, between two forelegs,
against the skin (see Fig 18_2). Were not found after the burning
process.
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22. Ornamented bone plate (Fig 20_1 centre in the photo)
Position in
the burial: on the front side of the body, next to the neck, the
ornamented part between the neck and the blanket, the rest of it on
the blanket.
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Fig. 22_1
(position in the burial); Fig. 22_2 (after burning)
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23. Cowry
shells
We placed 11
cowry shells on the body. All were varnished except for one.
Position in
the burial: 2 in the left ear, 1 in the mouth between teeth, 1 on the
neck, 2 between the neck and the left foreleg, 5 in the clay vessel,
including the unvarnished shell.
Eight were
found after the burning process.
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Fig. 23_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 23_2; Fig. 23_3 (after burning)
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24. Pottery
Hand-moulded
fine-grained clay vessel. A piece of silver sheet (no. 16) and five
cowry shells (no. 23) were placed inside the vessel. Position in the
burial: on the blanket, behind the back, (see Fig. 16_2).
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Fig. 24_1
(before the burning process); Fig. 24_2 (after burning)
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25. Strip of
leather
Tanned with
vegetable tanning agents. Position in the burial: thrown over the
right side of the animal. Were not found after the burning process.
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