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Sanden, Wijnand A. B. van der: Early Iron Age ard shares from Drenthe, the Netherlands
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WIJNAND A. B. VAN DER SANDEN
Fig. 2a. The prehistoric ard shares found in Drenthe. 1: Echten (1905/III1) above; 2: Echten (1905/III la)
below; 3: Loon (1936/VI 7); 4: Erm (1936/XII 10) see page 105; for measurements see Table 1. Drawing
J. Bruggink, Drents Museum. □ Die vorgeschichtlichen Hakenschare aus der Provinz Drenthe.
cording to this headmaster the same well con-
tained the sherds of several vessels (Fig. 3).
A. E. van Giffen, professor of archaeology
at the Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut of
Groningen University and also curator of the
museum, thought it likely that assemblages 1
and 2 dated from the La Tene Period (or lat-
er). Assemblage 3 he dated “Bronze Age or
La Tene Period.”3 On typological grounds
Van der Poel dated all the ard shares from
Drenthe to the Iron Age (van der Poel
1960-61, 15). His opinion was followed by
Lerche (Lerche 1985, 88).
Since then new information has become
available. One of the ard shares from Echten
(1905/III la) was Ci4-dated in Oxford by
means of the AMS technique. The result is:
2520T70 BP (OxA-3134). When calibrated
the following Age ranges are obtained: in cal-
endar years: 770 BC and in calendar years ±1
standard deviation: 800-520 BC.4
The prehistoric pottery from the well at
Erm has recently been studied by E.Taayke
of the Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut.
He dated the material to the 8th-7th century
BC. Three out of four ard shares date from
the Early Iron Age. This means that they are
much older than many of their German and
Danish counterparts. These often seem to be
as young as the Middle Ages (Lerche 1985, 81,
88-91, 97).5
The assemblages of Ruinen and Loon show
similarities in that they are associated with
stones (a pile and a floor, respectively). It is
obvious that both were deliberate deposi-
tions. Prehistoric and early historic deposits
WIJNAND A. B. VAN DER SANDEN
Fig. 2a. The prehistoric ard shares found in Drenthe. 1: Echten (1905/III1) above; 2: Echten (1905/III la)
below; 3: Loon (1936/VI 7); 4: Erm (1936/XII 10) see page 105; for measurements see Table 1. Drawing
J. Bruggink, Drents Museum. □ Die vorgeschichtlichen Hakenschare aus der Provinz Drenthe.
cording to this headmaster the same well con-
tained the sherds of several vessels (Fig. 3).
A. E. van Giffen, professor of archaeology
at the Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut of
Groningen University and also curator of the
museum, thought it likely that assemblages 1
and 2 dated from the La Tene Period (or lat-
er). Assemblage 3 he dated “Bronze Age or
La Tene Period.”3 On typological grounds
Van der Poel dated all the ard shares from
Drenthe to the Iron Age (van der Poel
1960-61, 15). His opinion was followed by
Lerche (Lerche 1985, 88).
Since then new information has become
available. One of the ard shares from Echten
(1905/III la) was Ci4-dated in Oxford by
means of the AMS technique. The result is:
2520T70 BP (OxA-3134). When calibrated
the following Age ranges are obtained: in cal-
endar years: 770 BC and in calendar years ±1
standard deviation: 800-520 BC.4
The prehistoric pottery from the well at
Erm has recently been studied by E.Taayke
of the Biologisch-Archaeologisch Instituut.
He dated the material to the 8th-7th century
BC. Three out of four ard shares date from
the Early Iron Age. This means that they are
much older than many of their German and
Danish counterparts. These often seem to be
as young as the Middle Ages (Lerche 1985, 81,
88-91, 97).5
The assemblages of Ruinen and Loon show
similarities in that they are associated with
stones (a pile and a floor, respectively). It is
obvious that both were deliberate deposi-
tions. Prehistoric and early historic deposits