The Low Countries' Early Iron Age is marked by the emergence of lavish burials known as chieftains’ graves or princely burials. These extraordinary elite burials of the Hallstatt C/D period contain weaponry, bronze vessels as well as decorated wagons and horse-gear imported from the Hallstatt culture of Central Europe, where the same objects are found in the famous Fürstengräber. While the connection between these regions has long been recognized, the nature of this contact remains poorly understood. Here we present the preliminary results of an on-going re-examination of elite funerary practices in both regions and the likely direct long-distance interactions reflected in them. Similarities and differences in the treatment of objects and the dead in funerary rituals indicate that, to a certain extent at least, these geographically separated social groups were integrated in a specific elite burial practice, indicating frequent contact across hundreds of kilometres.

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不仅仅是特殊的进口连接：低地国家哈尔施塔特 C/D 精英墓葬的表现和身份

低地国家早期的铁器时代的特点是出现了被称为酋长墓地或王子墓地的奢华墓葬。这些哈尔施塔特 C/D 时期非凡的精英墓葬包含武器、青铜器皿以及从中欧哈尔施塔特文化进口的装饰马车和马具，在著名的Fürstengräber. 虽然这些地区之间的联系早已被认识到，但这种联系的性质仍然知之甚少。在这里，我们展示了对这两个地区的精英丧葬习俗的持续重新审查的初步结果，以及其中反映的可能的直接远程互动。丧葬仪式中对物件和死者的处理方式的异同表明，至少在一定程度上，这些地理上分离的社会群体被整合到特定的精英葬礼实践中，表明数百公里之间的频繁接触。