Girl from Molzbach during the Tumulus culture 1300 BCE

"All jewelry was found in a "body-appropriate" position, where they were worn or fastened. Smaller additions were a small clip, a horse tooth, a Kuhzahn and two shards.

Around her neck she wore a four-spiral choker, with opposite end spirals with triangle decoration. There are such decorative tires in the eastern part of Hesse up to the Upper Main. The majority of the right arm covered a spiral on the forearm with 17 turns on the left forearm, a counterpart was with 19 turns. The right upper arm was adorned with a broadband bracelet, the ends of which run out in spirals. This piece of jewelry common in the East Hessian area suggests a short-sleeved robe. The girl wore two-spiral jewelry on her left ankle. Such forms are also known on the Upper Main as in the Werra region. Thin-wire spiral rings on the left side of the head and two spiral rings on the left upper arm are considered to be hair accessories or a cloth-like head covering.

Two flat, round needles held the robe together on the girl's shoulders. The so-called Radnadeln be worn in pairs. They are young bronze forms, cast in two shells and rare due to a crown. Pointed hats with holes for sewing on, so-called tutuli , were obviously trimmings of a bodice in the chest area. Additional tutuli, 43 made of bronze and three made of white metal, were found at the height of the thighs and suggest a decorated garment. Presumably were sewn on the cap in a plurality of rows. Such shaped appliqués are particularly on the upper Main, near Coburg, common. A rarity is the belt plate from obviously local crafts. It encircled the hip, is 45.5 cm long, 9.6 cm wide and has a dot or hump ornament.

Most of the burials in this hill date from the Bronze Age. The girl from Molzbach is at the end of the Bronze Age burial mound , around 1300 BC. BC to settle. Not all the graves of the hill were provided with offerings. Rich bronze decorations like this are generally the exception. The cultural home of the jewels shows cross connections. The young woman's costume is for Osthessen unusual. She was probably born in the southern Hessian area or in the Upper Main area. It is believed that she moved to this area through marriage. That would certainly not have been unusual for a 12- to 14-year-old, according to the practice at that time. It is unclear why her grave was given plenty of equipment, probably has to do with her social status."

-taken from Wikipedia

Reconstruction at Konrad Zuse Museum in Hünfeld.


Her remains at Konrad Zuse Museum in Hünfeld.


Source:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Zuse_Museum_Huenfeld_Maedchen_von_Molzbach_Sarg_2017.jpg

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Zuse_Museum_Huenfeld_Maedchen_von_Molzbach_Lebensbild_2017.jpg


Quote:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4dchen_von_Molzbach 

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