Traprain Law Hoard

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'I have had a great day': A O Curle and the discovery of the Traprain Treasure
(2022-07-21)
Clarke, David
The recovery of the Traprain Treasure was by far the greatest moment in Alexander Ormiston Curle's antiquarian career [Illus 1.1]. It is safe to assume that at the outset of the work in East Lothian on behalf of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, he had no expectation of such a spectacular find.
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A century of Roman silver - new views on the Traprain Treasure
Hunter, Fraser
Dr Fraser Hunter provides a timely reassessment of the Traprain Treasure with the results of a ten-year research project that invites us to reassess why the treasure was 'hacked' and what this can tell us about Roman links to Scotland.
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Hacksilber inside and outside the late Roman world: a view from Traprain Law
(2017)
Painter, Kenneth
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Hunter, Fraser
Renewed study of the hoard of late Roman Hacksilber from Traprain Law (UK) is casting fresh light on this important find and on the wider phenomenon of Hacksilber. It is increasingly clear that such finds of sub-divided, broken-up Roman silver objects are not purely a 'barbarian' phenomenon, but were a normal way of treating silver in the late Empire in the north-western provinces. This plausibly relates to economic changes, with silver used as bullion alongside coinage. Although found on both sides of the frontier, hoards from Barbaricum differ in being dominated by Hacksilber. Various possible explanations are considered - notably plunder, payment for military service, and pay-offs or political 'gifts'. While all are plausible in different instances, payment and political gifts seem to fit much of the observed data better. A 'life-cycle' approach to such hoards is proposed, following the various phases of the different vessels from production through cycles of sub-division to deposition. Such detailed studies will greatly improve our understanding of this phenomenon.
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Hacking the Traprain Treasure
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
The Traprain Law Treasure1 has traditionally been viewed as a group of late Roman silver that met an unfortunate fate. Most vessels had been completely distorted, often by multiple hacking phases, with fittings removed, rims severed, footrings pushed out of position and sometimes even split lengthwise. Many had been crushed and bent, with some hammered flat and/or folded into packages; in a few cases, groups of objects had been crushed or folded together. 2
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Scotland’s Early Silver: transforming Roman pay-offs to Pictish treasures
(2017)
Blackwell, Alice
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Goldberg, D Martin
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Hunter, Fraser
Based on the exhibition Scotland's Early Silver, opening at the National Museum of Scotland, 13 October - 25 February 18. In Scotland, silver, not gold, was the most important and powerful precious metal for a thousand years, from the arrival of the Roman army until the dawn of the Viking Age. The breadth of National Museum Scotland's collections, with the support of The Glenmorangie Company, puts National Museums Scotland in a unique position to reveal the role of silver in the development of the first kingdoms of Scotland. The book showcases beautiful objects and tells the story of silver during the emergence of early medieval kingdoms. It builds on the Glenmorangie Research Project and gives fresh insights into this formative period of Scottish history. Alice Blackwell is the Glenmorangie Research Fellow; Dr Martin Goldberg is Senior Curator, Early Historic and Viking Collections; and Dr Fraser Hunter is Principal Curator, Iron Age, Roman, Early History - all at National Museums Scotland.
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The Treasure of Traprain: conclusions and questions
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
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Kaufmann-Heinimann, Annemarie
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Painter, Kenneth
Tackling the Hacksilber hoard from Traprain Law is an imposing project. Not only in the primary publication by Alexander Curle a masterly analysis that has survived the test of time, but the sheer scale of the material is daunting. Our work suggests that the surviving 23kg consisted of 327 individual fragments from between 129 and 171 different items.
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Hacksilber in the Roman period and beyond
(2022-07-21)
Hunter, Fraser
Although Alexander Curle was able to call on the Ballinrees (Coleraine) hoard from Northern Ireland as a parallel for the hacking of Traprain, it was not until Wilhelm Grunhagen's 1954 study of the GroàŸbodungen hoard (Thà¼ringen/Germany) [Illus 41.1] that Hacksilber saw serious study as a concept in the Roman period.
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Hillfort and hacksilber: Traprain Law in the late Roman Iron Age and early prehistoric period
(2013-01-30)
Hunter, Fraser
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Scotland's Early Silver: the most precious metal for 1,000 years
(2018)
Blackwell, Alice
Alice Blackwell takes a look at some of the valuable and beautiful items which form part of National Museum of Scotland's winter exhibition of 1,000 years of silver in Scotland
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A context for the Treasure: Traprain Law and Rome's northern frontier
Hunter, Fraser
The discovery of the Traprain Treasure was the most dramatic moment in a spectacular and long-running excavation. While nothing else quite matched the excitement of this find, the results of work at Traprain Law redefined perspectives on the Scottish Iron Age and relations with the Roman world. This chapter will summarise our knowledge of the site, its role in the 4th and 5th centuries at the time of the Tresure, and its position in the wider politics between the Roman world and its northern neighbours, finishing with observations on the role of silver as opposed to gold in Scotland at the time.

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