Download or read book The Late Bronze Age Spearheads of Britan written by Richard Davis and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Late Bronze Age spearheads from Britain is a sequel to the Prahistorische Bronzefunde (PBF) volume on the Early and Middle Bronze Age spearheads of Britain (Davis 2012). For the present study on LBA spearheads, Davis has identified a number of regions within Britain that reflect differences in spearhead typology, period of currency and hoarding practices. He also focuses on the development of British spearhead design during the Bronze Age. The volume concludes with an appendix of 163 plates.
Download or read book Bronze Age Spearheads from Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire written by Margaret R. Ehrenberg and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 1977 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis, University College, Cardiff.
Download or read book The Early and Middle Bronze Age Spearheads of Britain written by Richard Davis and published by Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh. This book was released on 2012 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Arbeit uber die fruh- und mittelbronzezeitlichen Lanzenspitzen Grobritanniens umfasst die fruhen Formen mit Schaftzunge ("tanged") sowie die Tullenlanzenspitzen mit Osen ("looped"). Formale Aspekte, Herkunft, Kontext und Verbreitung sowie Chronologie werden detailliert auf Ebene der einzelnen Gruppen bzw. Typen diskutiert. Ein Beitrag von J.
Download or read book Basal looped Spearheads written by Richard Davis and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basal-looped spearheads were prevalent in the British Isles during the later part of the Middle Bronze Age. Their main period of use covered the Taunton and Penard industrial phases in Britain, and the contemporary Bishopsland phase in Ireland, dating to around 1300-1000 BC. Distribution also extended to the northwestern area of Continental Europe. The diagnostic attribute of these spearheads is the loops at the base of the blade, either incorporated within the blade, or projecting below it. Ireland is likely to have been the place of origin of the category, with manufacturing taking place in Ireland, Britain and on the Continent. 551 basal-looped spearheads are included in the study's catalogue. 54% of these come from Britain, 32% from Ireland and 14% from the Continent. A typology is developed for the category, sorting them into eight main types and establishing the chronological sequence of these types. Recovery contexts are weighted to watery locations at 80% of the total, supporting the interpretation that much of the deposition was purposeful, and represented a form of votive offering. The condition of the spearheads is analyzed, from which it can be concluded that at least two thirds had been used in some form of combat. An experimental programme was undertaken with replicas which were combat tested at the Royal Armouries, Leeds. The programme demonstrated the versatility of the basal-looped spearhead, and its overall superiority to the rapier, the main contemporary sidearm. The basal-looped spearhead may therefore be considered the primary weapon of its time in the British Isles, with use in warfare and on ceremonial occasions. Its supremacy began to be eclipsed during the Penard phase with the introduction of the early flange-hilted swords from the Continent.
Download or read book Fragments of the Bronze Age written by Matthew G. Knight and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The destruction and deposition of metalwork is a widely recognised phenomenon across Bronze Age Europe. Weapons were decommissioned and thrown into rivers; axes were fragmented and piled in hoards; and ornaments were crushed, contorted and placed in certain landscapes. Interpretation of this material is often considered in terms of whether such acts should be considered ritual offerings, or functional acts for storing, scrapping and recycling the metal. This book approaches this debate from a fresh perspective, by focusing on how the metalwork was destroyed and deposited as a means to understand the reasons behind the process. To achieve this, this study draws on experimental archaeology, as well as developing a framework for assessing what can be considered deliberate destruction. Understanding these processes not only helps us to recognise how destruction happened, but also gives us insights into the individuals involved in these practices. Through an examination of metalwork from south-west Britain, it is possible to observe the complexities involved at a localised level in the acts of destruction and deposition, as well as how they were linked to people and places. This case study is used to consider the social role of destruction and deposition more broadly in the Bronze Age, highlighting how it transformed over time and space.
Download or read book Warfare in Bronze Age Society written by Christian Horn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warfare in Bronze Age Society takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society. The Bronze Age represents the global emergence of a militarized society with a martial culture, materialized in a package of new efficient weapons that remained in use for millennia to come. Warfare became institutionalized and professionalized during the Bronze Age, and a new class of warriors made their appearance. Evidence for this development is reflected in the ostentatious display of weapons in burials and hoards, and in iconography, from rock art to palace frescoes. These new manifestations of martial culture constructed the warrior as a 'Hero' and warfare as 'Heroic'. The case studies, written by an international team of scholars, discuss these and other new aspects of Bronze Age warfare. Moreover, the essays show that warriors also facilitated mobility and innovation as new weapons would have quickly spread from the Mediterranean to northern Europe.
Download or read book The Bronze Age written by V. Gordon Childe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1930, this book provides a detailed account of the Bronze Age, and includes illustrative figures and a comprehensive bibliography.
Download or read book A Sample Analsis of British Middle and Late Bronze Age Material using Optical Spectrometry written by and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Settlement and Society in the British Later Bronze Age written by John C. Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to the Antiquities of the Bronze Age written by British Museum. Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Swords of Britain written by Ian Colquhoun and published by C.H.Beck. This book was released on 1988 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 50 Bronze Age Finds written by Dot Boughton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating selection of Bronze Age finds from across the country, from the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
Download or read book The Ancient Bronze Implements Weapons and Ornaments written by John Evans and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain written by Susan M. Pearce and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bronze and the Bronze Age written by Martyn Barber and published by Tempus Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors explains how and why metal objects were made and used during the 1500 years of the Bronze age and shows their significance for the people who used them.
Download or read book Boom and Bust in Bronze Age Britain The Great Orme Copper Mine and European Trade written by R. Alan Williams and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Orme copper mine in North Wales is one of the largest surviving Bronze Age mines in Europe. This book presents new interdisciplinary research to reveal a copper mine of European importance, dominating Britain’s copper supply from c. 1600-1400 BC, with some metal reaching mainland Europe - from Brittany to as far as the Baltic.
Download or read book Cross channel Relations in the Later Bronze Age written by Brendan O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407389493 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407389509 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860541059 (Volume set).
