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Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods - An examination of ritual and dress equipment from Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age graves in England (Hardcover)
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Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods - An examination of ritual and dress equipment from Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age graves in England (Hardcover)
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The exotic and impressive grave goods from burials of the 'Wessex
Culture' in Early Bronze Age Britain are well known and have
inspired influential social and economic hypotheses, invoking the
former existence of chiefs, warriors and merchants and high-ranking
pastoralists. Alternative theories have sought to explain how
display of such objects was related to religious and ritual
activity rather than to economic status, and that groups of
artefacts found in certain graves may have belonged to religious
specialists. This volume is the result of a major research project
that aimed to investigate Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age grave
goods in relation to their possible use as special dress
accessories or as equipment employed within ritual activities and
ceremonies. Many items of adornment can be shown to have formed
elements of elaborate costumes, probably worn by individuals, both
male and female, who held important ritual roles within society.
Furthermore, the analysis has shown that various categories of
object long interpreted as mundane types of tool were in fact items
of bodily adornment or implements used in ritual contexts, or in
the special embellishment of the human body. Although never
intended to form a complete catalogue of all the relevant artefacts
from England the volume provides an extensive, and intensively
illustrated, overview of a large proportion of the grave goods from
English burial sites.
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