
The two rings are different in design: the larger one is thinner, the smaller thicker with much more deeply profiled twists. Made of cast bronze and twisted into spirals, this type of necklace is known as a Wendel ring. They were produced in the late Bronze Age and are typically found in bogs and marshes deposited as part of a group of artifacts. Finding two Wendel rings sandwiched between stones is unprecedented.

Previously known to contain Bronze Age burials, settlement remains and stone shard mounds, the Marby site is being excavated this spring in connection with new construction planned for the area. Archaeologists hope to discover new information about the settlement pattern, what livestock was raised there, who was buried there, what rituals were performed and other aspects of Bronze Age community life.

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