The bronze cup from Dohnsen in the light of old and new evidence

Paulina Suchowska-Ducke; Zofia Anna Stos-Gale; Ernst Pernicka; Heide Wrobel Nørgaard; Benjamin Ducke

doi:10.1111/arcm.12743

The bronze cup from Dohnsen in the light of old and new evidence

Paulina Suchowska-Ducke^*, Zofia Anna Stos-Gale, Ernst Pernicka, Heide Wrobel Nørgaard, Benjamin Ducke

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Moesgaard Museum

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Abstract

The bronze cup found in Dohnsen (Lower Saxony, northern Germany) in the 1950s is an enigmatic artefact that bears striking similarities with the metalwork of the Late Aegean Bronze Age. We provide an accurate review of the primary sources of information on the cup’s find history and context, and we present the results of previously unpublished chemical and lead isotope analyses. The latter suggest that the vessel might have been produced from Central European ores, but represents the metalworking skills of a travelling smith with knowledge of foreign shapes and styles.

Original language	English
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	64
Issue	3
Pages (from-to)	728-743
Number of pages	16
ISSN	0003-813X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12743
Publication status	Published - Jun 2022

Keywords

Bronze Age
Dohnsen cup
crafts analysis
metal analysis
typology

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Female Mobility in a changing Bronze Age world: Investigating connections between mobility of people and shifting trading networks during the middle Bronze Age in southern Scandinavia.
Nørgaard, H. W. (PI)
01/09/2020 → 01/07/2022
Project: Research
An archaeological fingerprint: Isotopes as a key to trace Denmark’s metal supply and routes of transfer in Early Bronze Age (2100-1500 BCE)
Nørgaard, H. W. (Participant)
01/08/2016 → 31/07/2018
Project: Research
ITN Forging Identities: FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network "Forging Identities"
Vandkilde, H. (Project manager), Nørgaard, H. W. (Participant), Rassmann, C. (Participant), Reiter, S. (Participant), Suchowska-Ducke, P. (Participant) & Fejér, E. (Participant)
01/09/2009 → 30/12/2012
Project: Research

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Female Mobility in a changing Bronze Age world: Investigating connections between mobility of people and shifting trading networks during the middle Bronze Age in southern Scandinavia.

An archaeological fingerprint: Isotopes as a key to trace Denmark’s metal supply and routes of transfer in Early Bronze Age (2100-1500 BCE)

ITN Forging Identities: FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network "Forging Identities"

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