Birds in the Bronze Age : a North European perspective / Joakim Goldhahn, Linnæus University, Sweden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldhahn, Joakim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Prehistoric.

Animals and civilization.

History.

Human-animal relationships.

Birds--Social aspects.

Birds.

Europe.

Northern Europe.

Birds--Social aspects--Europe--History.

Bronze age--Europe.

Bronze age.

Human-animal relationships--Europe--History.

Animals and civilization--Europe--History.

Art, Prehistoric--Europe, Northern.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book provides new insights into the relationship between humans and birds in Northern Europe during the Bronze Age. Joakim Goldhahn argues that birds had a central role in Bronze Age society and imagination, as reflected in legends, myths, rituals, and cosmologies. Goldhahn offers a new theoretical model for understanding the intricate relationship between humans and birds during this period. He explores traces of birds found in a range of archaeological context, including settlements and burials, and analyzes depictions of birds on bronze artefacts and figurines, rock art, and ritual paraphernalia. He demonstrates how birds were used in divinations, and provides the oldest evidence of omens taken from gastric contents of birds - extispicy - ever found in Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

Online version: Goldhahn, Joakim. Birds in the Bronze Age.

ISBN:

9781108499095

1108499090

9781108713139

1108713130

OCLC:

1088341975