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Symbols and warriors images of the European Bronze Age

Richard J. Harrison (Richard John) 1949-

Bristol, England Western Academic & Specialist Press c2004

Localização: MAE - Museu Arqueologia e Etnologia    (GN780.21.22 H321s )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Symbols and warriors images of the European Bronze Age
  • Autor: Richard J. Harrison (Richard John) 1949-
  • Assuntos: Stele (Archaeology) -- Iberian Peninsula; Bronze age -- Iberian Peninsula; Art, Prehistoric -- Iberian Peninsula; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Iberian Peninsula; Bronze age -- Europe; Art, Prehistoric -- Europe; IDADE DO BRONZE -- EUROPA; ARQUEOLOGIA PRÉ-HISTÓRICA -- EUROPA; ARTE PRÉ-HISTÓRICA -- PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA; PRÉ-HISTÓRIA -- EUROPA; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Europe; Iberian Peninsula -- Antiquities; Europe -- Antiquities
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-348) and index.
  • Descrição: Stelae as windows on the Bronze Age -- Thinking about a world-view -- The first stelae in Europe and Iberia -- Stelae as artefacts with pictures -- Aspects of Bronze Age social evolution -- Between two worlds: the Atlantic and Mediterranean background to the stelae -- The idea of an Atlantic Bronze Age -- Chronology and historical dates -- Research agendas for the Bronze Age -- Looking forward -- Landscapes with stelae -- The landscapes and historical ecology of Extremadura -- Subsistence in the savannas: herding systems and pastoralism -- Metals as raw materials in Extremadura -- Finding the stelae -- Stelae in the ancient landscape -- Observing pictures, motifs and compositions -- Stelae groups and distributions -- Some prehistoric contexts -- Evolving pictures on stelae: composition over time -- Changing the picture: stelae transformed by secondary use -- Making an iconic language of power: motifs and thematic compositions -- Motifs and objects -- A warrior code of abstractions -- Areas of elite social activity not included on the stelae -- Recognising ideologies: social strategies in the Bronze Age -- The character of chiefdoms -- Social networks and sources of power in chiefdoms -- Ideology and its visual expression -- Reading the codes: symbols and meanings -- Compositions and motif groups -- The coded meanings behind the symbols -- Materialising the motifs as Bronze Age artefacts -- Archaeological data for ideological motifs -- Shields -- Swords -- Crested helmets -- Horned figures -- Other weapons -- Chariots -- Mirrors.
  • Editor: Bristol, England Western Academic & Specialist Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2004
  • Formato: xi, 360 p. ill., maps 25 cm..
  • Idioma: Inglês

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