Egtved

Egtved

Egtved (coord|55|37|N|9|18|E|) is a village near Vejle, Denmark in Vejle municipality in the Danish Region Syddanmark.

Nearby is Tørskind Gravel Pit, a spectacular sculpture park.

Egtved Girl

:"Main article, Egtved Girl"Near the village is a Bronze Age archaeological site (ca. 1370 BC) which contained an extremely well-preserved burial. It was discovered in 1921 and is one of the best preserved Bronze Age findings in Denmark. It contained the well preserved body of a girl known as the "Egtved Girl". On the site where she was found a barrow with a diameter of 22 metres and a height of 4 metres has been built. A 20-year-old woman was dressed in a string skirt, a short sleeved shirt with a woven belt and a bronze spiked belt disc. She was laid on a cow-hide and covered by a coarse woollen blanket. Lying next to her was a birch-bark drink container with remnants of a drink made of bog myrtle, cranberries and honey.

There is also a small museum describing the discovery of the rare find in detail and displaying copies of the Egtved Girl’s clothing, jewellery and buckle.This has allowed a very close look at Bronze Age clothing and hairstyles.

Literature

* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17686 C. Michael Hogan, "Egtved Girl Barrow", The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham, 4 October, 2007]

External links

* [http://www.oakview.demon.co.uk/bronze_age/egtved.html Egtved Girl]


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