Prehistoric Metal Artefacts From Italy 3500 720 Bc in the British - Museu

Klappentext This important publication brings together substantial holdings in two Departments at the British Museum: Greek and Roman, and Prehistory and Early Europe. Some 850 objects will be arranged chronologically from the Copper Age, through the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age, and within these headings the objects will be arranged typologically, e.g. axes, swords, fibulae. A major result of this study and the scientific research carried out at the BM has been the reassembly of several groups of bronzes probably originally from hoards and graves. Each entry will include a description, comparanda and bibliography. The encyclopaedic nature of the collections means that this catalogue will stand as a vital handbook of the material. The authors are leading international scholars in Italian bronzes of these periods. Zusammenfassung The current conception of the absolute chronology of the Italian Copper Age to the end of the Early Iron Age is set out in this new title from the British Museum. Some 850 objects have been arranged chronologically from the Copper Age! through the Bronze Age! to the Early Iron Age. Within these headings! the objects are organised typologically e.g.

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• Authors: Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Anna Maria Macnamara Bietti Sestieri, Ellen MacNamara, Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Anna Maria Bietti Macnamara Sestieri
• Publisher: British Museum Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2007
• EAN: 9780861591596
• ISBN: 978-0-86159-159-6
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: British Museum Research Publication; BMP Research Paper; British Museum Research Publication; British Museum Research Public; British Museum Research Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Italien, Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Alte Welt