Recycling ideas : Bronze Age metal production in southern Norway /
The aim of the study is to examine technological, cognitive and symbolic aspects of metallurgy in southern Norway from the Bronze Age (i.e. 1700-500 cal. BC to the beginning of the Late Neolothic, i.e. c. 2400 cal. BC. Two sets of ideas are scrutinized: 1) ideas that have governed and still govern a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Archaeopress,
2015.
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| Series: | BAR international series ;
2715. |
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| Summary: | The aim of the study is to examine technological, cognitive and symbolic aspects of metallurgy in southern Norway from the Bronze Age (i.e. 1700-500 cal. BC to the beginning of the Late Neolothic, i.e. c. 2400 cal. BC. Two sets of ideas are scrutinized: 1) ideas that have governed and still govern archaeological concepts of the Bronze Age, and 2) ideas that moulded Bronze Age mentality, arising, it is argued, from physical experience with metallurgy. |
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| Physical Description: | v, 273 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232). |
| ISBN: | 1407313681 9781407313689 |