Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, History, Ancient History
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Author: Ian Armit ISBN: 9781139334075
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: March 19, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Ian Armit
ISBN: 9781139334075
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 19, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Across Iron Age Europe the human head carried symbolic associations with power, fertility status, gender, and more. Evidence for the removal, curation and display of heads ranges from classical literary references to iconography and skeletal remains. Traditionally, this material has been associated with a Europe-wide 'head-cult', and used to support the idea of a unified Celtic culture in prehistory. This book demonstrates instead how headhunting and head-veneration were practised across a range of diverse and fragmented Iron Age societies. Using case studies from France, Britain and elsewhere, it explores the complex and subtle relationships between power, religion, warfare and violence in Iron Age Europe.

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Across Iron Age Europe the human head carried symbolic associations with power, fertility status, gender, and more. Evidence for the removal, curation and display of heads ranges from classical literary references to iconography and skeletal remains. Traditionally, this material has been associated with a Europe-wide 'head-cult', and used to support the idea of a unified Celtic culture in prehistory. This book demonstrates instead how headhunting and head-veneration were practised across a range of diverse and fragmented Iron Age societies. Using case studies from France, Britain and elsewhere, it explores the complex and subtle relationships between power, religion, warfare and violence in Iron Age Europe.

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