Abstract
Rituals, Hoards and Travellers? Archaeometry of the Iron Age Bronze Wheel Amulets
Highlights
Wheel rings or spoked-wheel amulets are a ubiquitous and popular part of the material culture of the La Tène period
Spoked-wheel amulets are an interesting aspect of the material culture of the middle and especially the late La Tène period
The use of fahlores is almost unknown in Iron Age Bohemia and Moravia but common in Germany, where it was used for amulets and other items, perhaps where a silvery appearance was required
Summary
Wheel rings or spoked-wheel amulets are a ubiquitous and popular part of the material culture of the La Tène period. In material culture, spoked wheels were most probably used in personal jewellery, perhaps as amulets or special symbols, as is suggested by their depiction on Celtic coins (e.g. Manching, cf van Endert, 1991) and evidence from burials since the early La Tène (Werner, 1979; Hecht et al., 1991; Stöckli, 1975). They were often worn as pendants on necklaces or suspended from brooches on bronze chains (e.g. numerous finds from the oppidum of Stradonice; Píč, 1903)
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