Dept. of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A Landscape of Ancestors: The Heuneburg Archaeological Project
Tumulus 17, Grave 3 - Dagger Restoration
  These two comprehensive views of the dagger were produced by digitally combining several composite photographs made by the LDA-Tübingen photographer. The lighter wooden scabbard fragments can be clearly distinguished from the darker iron of the blade, scabbard chape and handle area. The wood has not yet been identified, nor is it clear yet whether the scabbard was made in two pieces or a single piece, although the former is more likely. The light yellow areas overlying the wood and iron in several places, including on the handle and on and near the two areas on the scabbard that probably represent corroded iron rings for suspension of the dagger from a belt at the waist, are apparently remnants of the leather that sheathed the scabbard and handle. |