The European community in later prehistory: studies in honour of C. F. C. Hawkes, edited by John Boardman, M. A. Brown and T. G. E. Powell
1971, 1st Edition. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #336508
ISBN: 0710069405
Physical description: xv, 294 pages: plates; illustrations, maps, portrait; 26 cm. Contents: From bronze age to iron age: a sequel to a sequel / N.K. Sandars -- The first European body-armour / A.M. Snodgrass -- Kaineus (Caeneus) : a further link between the Mycenaean and the Greek worlds / Sp. Marinatos -- Some remarks on Peschiera bronzes in Hungary / A. Mozsolics -- Openwork bird-cage bronzes / J. Bouzek -- Late bronze and early iron in the valley of the Ebro / J. Maluquer de Motes -- A southern view of Situla art / J. Boardman -- The construction of the felloe in Iron Age spoked wheels / G. Kossack -- The Waldalgesheim master / E.M. Jope -- From Urartu to Gundestrup : the agency of Thracian metal-work / T.G.E. Powell -- Tribes and archaeological groupings of the La Tène period in Belgium: some observation / M.E. Mariën -- Firedogs in Iron Age Britain and beyond / S. Piggott. Summary: The Festschrift contains articles on Iron Age wheels (abstract 72/1385), the Waldalgesheim Master (72/1384) and La Tène firedogs (72/1389). T G E Powell enquires into the distant antecedents of the art of the Gundestrup Cauldron (pp 183-210), M E Marien (pp 211-41) attempts to correlate archaeological material with tribal areas in Belgium, and there are several papers on SE European archaeology. Subjects: Hawkes, C. F. C. (Charles Francis Christopher) 1905-1992. Hawkes, Charles Francis Christopher. Hawkes, Christopher. Iron age Europe. Bronze age Europe. Bronze age. Iron age. Prehistoric peoples Europe. Iron age Europe Addresses, essays, lectures. Bronze age Europe Addresses, essays, lectures.
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