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Illerup deposit is known to have had at least three sacrificial events in the period around 200-500 AD. The bogs and lakes
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Illerup deposition, besides weapons, includes gold, silver, spear shafts, shield boards, ropes, cords, leather, textiles tools, wooden vessels, spoons, beads, four horses and a cow.
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