(Review) Marcin Maciejewski, János Gábor Tarbay, Kamil Nowak (eds), Hoards from the European Bronze and Iron Ages. Current research and new perspectives (= New Approaches in Archaeology 4). Turnhout 2024: Brepols Publishers, 175 pp.

Recent years have witnessed the appearance of several volumes devoted to the analysis of metal deposition phenomena, including hoard finds, each characterised by a narrowly focused thematic approach.The editors of the reviewed volume set out to provide an overview of new trends in research on this phenomenon; consequently, despite the relatively modest size of the book (slightly over 160 pages of effective content), its thematic scope is quite broad.Nevertheless, the volume does not, of course, exhaust all aspects of contemporary reflection on deposition processes -such as new typofunctional approaches, analyses of compositional variability, or the chronological range within hoard assemblages.The reviewed monograph consists of eleven chapters, each written by one (most often) to five authors.It was published as volume 4 of the freshly established series New Approaches in Archaeology.The publication opens with a concise introduction by the three editors, outlining the spectrum of both long-standing and recently emerging topics in hoard studies -a special manifestation of the universally attested historical phenomenon of depositing valuable goods.The authors describe the conventional dichotomy between ritual and non-ritual approaches to deposition as barren (p.13).One also encounters the now-familiar call to 'go beyond the typo-chronology of hoarded artefacts': I would ask not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.The editors advocate for broadening methodological perspectives on hoard research, viewing this as a unique opportunity to create a pan-European research network centred on this universal phenomenon.Credit must, however, be given to the typological and chronological approach, which has so far produced the greatest degree of scholarly integration -most notably within the framework of the Prhistorische