Red Rain is Coming Down. Bronze Age and Iron Age Amber in the Netherlands (original) (raw)

For photographs of amber finds, I have to thank N. Bouma (ADC Archeoprojecten, Cuijk), Dr. E. Knol (Groninger Museum), and the RMO and Huis van Hilde collection websites. Discussions concerning unclear references to amber finds in Archis were carried out with Museum Maassluis and Museum Ommen. Dr. R. Jansen (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University) is thanked for aiding in specifying the precise location of the Uden-Slabroekse Heide amber find, and Dr. S. Arnoldussen (GIA, Groningen University) is thanked for access to the late Jay Butler's archive. North German parallels for Iron Age amber use were discussed with Dr. J. Brandt (Archäologisches Museum Hamburg) and M. Grunert MA (Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein). M. Siebrecht MA (GIA, Groningen University) and dr. K. Verkooijen (Exeter University) are thanked for access to their unpublished theses on the subject of prehistoric amber. This study was carried out in relation to my analysis of the Velsen-Noordzeekanaal finds, partly funded by Stichting Nederlands Museum voor Anthropologie en Praehistorie (SNMAP, 2018). Furthermore, the author received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. (eds) 894378. Finally, the two reviewers are thanked for their helpful feedback and improvements.