Birds in the Bronze Age : a North European perspective / Joakim Goldhahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldhahn, Joakim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Birds.

Bronze age--Europe.

Bronze age.

Human-animal relationships--Europe--History.

Human-animal relationships.

Animals and civilization--Europe--History.

Animals and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 419 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : 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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-58577-9

1-108-59958-3

1-108-61515-5