The classification of chalcolithic and early Bronze Age copper and bronze axe-heads from southern Britain / Stuart Needham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Needham, Stuart, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Access archaeology

Access Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age.

Copper age.

Axes, Prehistoric.

Antiquities.

England, Southern--Antiquities.

England, Southern.

Southern England.

Axes, Prehistoric--England, Southern--Classification.

Copper age--England, Southern.

Bronze age--England, Southern.

Genre:

Classification.

Physical Description:

74 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017]

Summary:

This work presents a comprehensive classification of the morphology of early metal age axe-heads, chisels and stakes from southern Britain. It is illustrated by a type series of 120 representative examples. Despite their relative simplicity, flat and early flanged axes from Britain and Ireland show considerable diversity in form. The main variation lies in outline shapes and the classification scheme arrived at therefore depends on careful evaluation of condition, followed by rigorous analysis of shape using metrical ratios. This ensures objectivity in both the formulation of the scheme and future object attributions, for which guidelines are given. Comparative material in northern Britain and Ireland is systematically referred to and a few crucial Continental parallels noted.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-66).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1784917400

9781784917401

OCLC:

1014459869

Publisher Number:

99980298452