Travelling Objects: Changing Values
The role of northern Alpine lake-dwelling communities in exchange and communication networks during the Late Bronze Age
By (author) Benjamin Jennings
Paperback (Published)
(July 2014)
ISBN: 9781905739936
8.31 x 11.69 inches
Price: $74.00
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Since their initial discovery in the nineteenth century, the enigmatic prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have captured the imagination of the public and archaeologists alike. Over 150 years of research have identified hundreds of lacustrine settlements spanning from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, when apparently, they ceased to be built. Studies of Bronze Age material across Europe have often superficially identified bronze objects as being of ‘Alpine lake-dwelling origin’ or ‘lake-dwelling style’. Through a combination of material culture studies, multiple correspondence analysis, and the principle of object biographies, the role of the Late Bronze Age lake-dwelling communities in Central European exchange networks is addressed. Were the lake-dwellers production specialists? Did they control material flow across the Alps? Did their participation in exchange routes result in cultural assimilation and the ultimate decline of their settlement tradition? Travelling Objects: Changing Values offers insights and answers to such questions.
Section 1: Background: Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Theoretical Background
Chapter 3: Prehistoric European Trade Routes
Section 2: Material Culture Distributions: Chapter 4: Non-Metal Artefacts
Chapter 5: Metal Weapons
Chapter 6: Metal Equipment & Tools
Chapter 7: Metal Accessories
Section 3: The Role of Northern Alpine Lake-Dwellings in Europe: Chapter 8: Metal Working in the Northern Circum-Alpine Region
Chapter 9: Artefact Deposition
Chapter 10: The Role of Late Bronze Age Lake-Dwellings in Europe
Summary
Zusammenfassung
Resume
Bibliography, Section 1: Background
Chapter 1: Introduction ;
Chapter 2: Theoretical Background ;
Chapter 3: Prehistoric European Trade Routes ;
Section 2: Material Culture Distributions
Chapter 4: Non-Metal Artefacts ;
Chapter 5: Metal Weapons ;
Chapter 6: Metal Equipment & Tools ;
Chapter 7: Metal Accessories ;
Section 3: The Role of Northern Alpine Lake-Dwellings in Europe
Chapter 8: Metal Working in the Northern Circum-Alpine Region ;
Chapter 9: Artefact Deposition ;
Chapter 10: The Role of Late Bronze Age Lake-Dwellings in Europe ;
Summary ;
Zusammenfassung ;
Résumé ;
Bibliography
- By (author) Benjamin Jennings
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