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The Princess of Zweeloo or Zweeeloo Princess was a 5th-century woman whose grave was found in 1952 in
File:Kralensnoer bestaande uit 101 barnstenen kralen, Drents Museum, 1952-III-26u.jpg, Her string of 101 amber beads
File:Vergulde bronzen vlinderfibula, Drents Museum, 1952-III-26b.jpg, Her gilded bronze butterfly clasp
Her grave was one of a group of graves on the north eastern edge of a large excavation site. There are horse graves in the vicinity, and since horses were not buried as grave goods for women it is thought that her husband's grave may have been one of those lost to later
The Princess of Zweeloo or Zweeeloo Princess was a 5th-century woman whose grave was found in 1952 in Zweeloo
Zweeloo is a village in the municipality of Coevorden, located in the province of Drenthe, The Netherlands.
Zweeloo was a separate municipality from 1819 to 1998, when it was merged with Coevorden.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium v ...
, Coevorden
Coevorden (; nds-nl, Koevern) is a city and municipality in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. During the 1998 municipal reorganisation in the province, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo, retaining its name. In Augu ...
municipality, Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...
province, Netherlands. ''With abstract in English'' Her nickname comes from the richness of the grave goods found in her grave.
Fragments of textile found in her grave show that she wore a linen gown with a woolen cloak or shawl. She had
a collection of 30 large glass beads around her waist, and the beads from her amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In Ma ...
necklace form the largest collection of amber found in the Netherlands. Other finds from her grave include a brooch, made in northern Germany, in the form of a butterfly; an amulet made from the tooth of a beaver
Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...
; a silver ring; a bronze armband; two bronze keys, and silver toilet articles. Some of these objects are displayed in the Drents Museum
The Drents Museum () is an art and history museum in Assen, Drenthe, in the Netherlands. The museum was opened in 1854. It has a collection of prehistorical artifacts, applied art, and visual art. The museum also has temporary exhibitions. In 20 ...
, in Assen
Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...
, where they are classed as one of the "top exhibits".
sand extraction
Sand mining is the extraction of sand, mainly through an open pit (or sand pit) but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river beds. Sand is often used in manufacturing, for example as an abrasive or in concret ...
from the site.
References
{{reflist 5th-century women Archaeological discoveries in the Netherlands Medieval Dutch women