18th November 2005, 09:44 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by sniper
eggy, I cannot find any specific examples at this moment of females buried with swords, though I have certainly seen published examples and will endeavour to find references for you.
Cheers, I look forward to this. I know that Heinrich Harke has done some work in this regard and it is of interest to me as an aside from my usual studies.
With regard to my comment about the grave goods, I was obviously sufficiently imprecise but I most definitely did not state that the deceased placed them there, as some have implied in their responses. However, I still stand by the point that I intended to make which is that the grave goods are in part about appearances. Now, whether the grave goods demonstrate the aspirations of the deceased, the aspirations of the family, the actual status of the deceased or their family, or whatever other symbolic value they might have, presumably the deceased and/or their family will have been judged by them, and that is the point I was trying to make.
Troll, I agree that Britain, despite Margaret Thatcher's assertions to the contrary is ridden with class attitudes, but I still feel that we do not have a monopoly on being judgmental. I have encountered such attitudes in many countries around the world. In some it worked to my advantage, in others to my detriment, but essentially I was being judged on the basis of how I dressed, the colour of my skin and how affluent I appeared to be, amongst other criteria, and people were reacting to me on that basis.
Cheers,
Eggbasket
Gentleman Adventurer and Antique
"All human endeavour is futile"