Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe

Informationen zum Autor Ian Armit is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bradford. The author of more than eighty academic articles, he has also written numerous books, including Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse, Towers in the North: The Brochs of Scotland and Celtic Scotland. Klappentext This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe. '... carefully crafted and theoretically situated ... this book is a tour de force ... I would recommend [it] to anyone interested in ancient European cosmology, ritual, power, and identity.' Miranda Aldhouse-Green, European Journal of Archaeology Zusammenfassung This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal! curation and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Detached fragments of humanity; 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity?; 3. Shamans on the march; 4. Pillars, heads, and corn; 5. Neither this world, nor the next; 6. From the dead to the living; 7. Gods and monsters; 8. Bodies of belief.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Armit, Ian (University of Bradford) Armit, Armit Ian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521877565
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87756-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, prehistory, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE