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Ligesom det var tilfældet med stenøkserne, blev store mængder af ravsmykker lagt ned som ofre i søer og moser.
As was the case with the stone axes, large amounts of amber jewellery were deposited as sacrifices in lakes and bogs.
De fleste fund er fra Nord- og Midtjylland.
Most finds are from northern and central Jutland.
Nogle vejer op til 8,5 kg.
Some deposits weigh up to 8.5 kg.
Rav var et eftertragtet materiale – jo flere klumper man ejede, jo større var ens anseelse.
Amber was a coveted material – the more lumps one owned the greater one’s status.
Det vægtmæssigt største fund kom for dagen i en mose ved Læsten, nær Randers, i 1837.
The biggest find in terms of weight came from a bog at Læsten, near Randers in 1837.
Det indeholdt mere end 4000 perler.
The find contained more than 4000 beads.
Al ravet lå samlet, og det vejede 8,5 kg.
All the amber lay together and it weighed 8.5 kg.
Men dette fund er ikke enestående.
However, this amber hoard is not unique.
Også ved Mollerup i Nordjylland stillede stenalderbønderne engang i det 4. årtusinde f.Kr. et pragtfuldt offer af rav ud i et vådområde.
At Mollerup in northern Jutland Stone Age farmers also made a splendid offering of amber in a wetland area at some point in the fourth millennium BC.
Det indeholdt ikke mindre end 12.849 ravperler, som blev givet bort til de højere magter.
It contained no fewer than 12,849 amber beads that had been given away to the powers above.
Af de omtrent 50.000 ravperler, man kender fra bondestenalderen, er de 40.000 rørformede.
Of the c. 50,000 amber beads known from the Neolithic, 40,000 are tubular.
Som regel blev de korte perler savet af en større perle.
As a rule the short beads were sawn off from a larger bead.
Det skete ved hjælp af en snor, der blev kørt hurtigt frem og tilbage.
This was done with the aid of a cord that was run quickly back and forward.
En stor del af det rav, vi finder i offerfund, består af halvfærdige ravklumper, der endnu ikke har fået deres endelige udformning.
Much of the amber we find in sacrificial offerings consists of half-finished amber lumps that had not yet been given their final form.
Stenalderens mennesker gik ikke op i, om ravet havde en poleret overflade.
The Stone Age people did not concern themselves with whether the amber had a polished surface.
Det ville det automatisk få, når det gned sig op ad ejerens krop.
It would automatically get one as it rubbed against the owner’s body.
Men det er usikkert, hvordan man bar dem.
It is not clear how they were worn.
I heldige tilfælde kan man i gravene se, i hvilken rækkefølge perlerne er trukket på snore.
In fortunate cases among grave finds, the order in which the beads were threaded through the strings can be seen.
Nogle af perlerne har muligvis været syet fast på tøjet.
Some of the beads may have been sewn to clothing.
Eksempelvis har de såkaldt dobbeltøkseformede perler en tydelig for- og bagside.
The so-called double-axe beads, for example, have a clear front and back.
Måske har netop disse været sat fast på dragten i stedet for i en perlekæde.
Perhaps these particular beads were attached to the costume, instead of being worn in a necklace.
Ravperler findes både lagt ned som offer og i grave.
Amber beads are found both as sacrificial deposits and in graves.
Ravperlernes form og størrelse kunne variere kraftigt i bondestenalderen.
A great variety of shapes and sizes is seen among the amber beads of the Neolithic Period.
Ideen om at bruge rav som smykkemateriale var dog langt fra ny; det gjorde man allerede i jægerstenalderen, hvor man fremstillede amuletter af rav.
The use of amber for jewellery was not a new idea - the hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic Period also made amulets of amber.
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