Picturing the Bronze Age

by Skoglund, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Picturing the Bronze Age / edited by Peter Skoglund, Johan Ling and Ulf Bertilsson.

Summary

Pictures from the Bronze Age are numerous, vivid and complex. There is no other prehistoric period that has produced such a wide range of images spanning from rock art to figurines to decoration on bronzes and gold. Fifteen papers, with a geographical coverage from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, examine a wide range of topics reflecting the many forms and expressions of Bronze Age imagery encompassing important themes including religion, materiality, mobility, interaction, power and gender. Contributors explore specific elements of rock art in some detail such as the representation of the human form; images of manslaughter; and gender identities. The relationship between rock art imagery and its location on the one hand, and metalwork and networks of trade and exchange of both materials and ideas on the other, are considered. Modern and ancient perceptions of rock art are discussed, in particular the changing perceptions that have developed during almost 150 years of documented research. Picturing the Bronze Age is based on an international workshop with the same title held in Tanum, Sweden in October 2012.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxbow books
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

Notes

Based on conference proceedings.

The Physical Object

Description:176 Seiten : : zahlreiche Illustrationen.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781782978794, 1782978798
oclc:ocn910695561
Dewey Decimal:709.011

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