Hanging bowls and their contexts : an archaeological survey of their socio-economic significance from the fifth to seventh centuries A.D. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brenan, Jane
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Tempus Reparatum, 1991.
Series:	BAR British series ; 220.
Subjects:	Great Britain > Antiquities, Celtic. Archaeology, Medieval > Great Britain. Bowls (Tableware) > Great Britain. Bronzes, Celtic > Great Britain. Bronze bowls > Great Britain. Art, Celtic > Great Britain. Anglo-Saxons. Archéologie médiévale > Grande-Bretagne. Bronzes celtiques > Grande-Bretagne. Bols de bronze > Grande-Bretagne. Art celtique > Grande-Bretagne. Anglo-Saxons Archaeology, Medieval Art, Celtic Bowls (Tableware) Bronze bowls Bronzes, Celtic Celtic antiquities Great Britain Metaalbewerking. Schalen (vaatwerk) Vroege middeleeuwen. Coupes en bronze > Grande-Bretagne. Grande-Bretagne > Antiquités celtiques. Urban, regional and transport planning. Sociology. Economics, economic history and consumer affairs. Antiquities England Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Section One: Text
A survey of previous hanging-bowl studies
The art-historical interpretations of hanging bowls
The function of hanging bowls
Assessing the archaeological evidence
The quality of the excavations
Dating the assemblages
The social contexts of the assemblages
Case study: Assessing social status in the cemeteries at Sleaford, Lincs. and Kingston Down, Kent
Bowls from non-mortuary contexts
The physical characteristics of hanging bowls: an experiment in statistical analysis
Section Two: Catalogue and plates.