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1	Kelter i Danmark? : En studie av deponerade vagnar av Dejbjergtyp / Celts in Denmark? : A study of deposited Dejbjerg wagons Österberg, Bex January 2021 (has links) For the last 200 years, 6 wagons of the same Celtic inspired wagon type have been found in Denmark: two in a bog, two in a grave each, and two in a house each. This wagon type is called the Dejbjerg wagons, named after the two most known wagons in the category; the ones found in the bog called Præstegårdmose in Dejbjerg, Denmark. The purpose of the essay is to study the Dejbjerg wagons and their relation to the four-wheeled wagons of the Celtic Europe, the contacts between Denmark and Central Europe, and examine what the purpose, or rather the use, of the wagons’ deposition was – if they even had any. To be able to do this, action-based ritual theory – a theory popularised by Catherine Bell – has been used. The essay is concluded in that the way the wagons have been deposited must have meant something for the prehistoric Danish people, and the motifs and ornaments seen on the Danish wagons have a clear Celtic influence, which leads to the conclusion that the prehistoric Danish people must have had contacts in one way or another with the Celts. Dejbjerg wagons Hallstatt Celts Celtic influence Celtic wagons wagon burials Pre-Roman Iron Age Dejbjergvagnar Hallstatt kelter keltiska influenser keltiska vagnar vagngravar förromersk järnålder Archaeology Arkeologi