European Societies in the Bronze Age

ISBN-13: 9780521367295 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 572 str.

A. F. Harding; Norman Yoffee; Susan Alcock

Opis

The European Bronze Age, roughly 2500 to 750 BC, was the last fully prehistoric period and crucial to the formation of the Europe emerging in the later first millennium BC. This book provides a detailed account of its material culture, comparing and contrasting evidence from different geographical zones, and drawing out the essential characteristics of the period. It looks at settlement, burial, economy, technology, trade and transport, warfare, and social and religious life. The result is a comprehensive study that will interest specialists and students, and be accessible to nonspecialists.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Bronze Age house and village; 3. Burials; 4. The domestic economy; 5. Transport and contact; 6. Metals; 7. Other crafts; 8. Warfare; 9. Religion and ritual; 10. Hoards and hoarding; 11. People; 12. Social organisation; 13. The Bronze Age world: questions of scale and interaction; 14. Epilogue; Bibliography.