European societies in the bronze age / A.F. Harding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harding, A. F.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Antiquities.

Europe.

Antiquities.

Bronze age--Europe.

Bronze age.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 552 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The Bronze Age house and village

Burial

The domestic economy

Transport and contact

Metals

Other crafts

Warfare

Religion and ritual

Hoards and hoarding

People

Social organisation

The Bronze Age world: questions of scale and interaction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-530) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780511605901

0511605900

Publisher Number:

99984054042

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.