The human body in early Iron Age Central Europe : burial practices and images of the Hallstatt world / / Katharina Rebay-Salisbury

• Autore: Rebay-Salisbury Katharina
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Hallstatt period; Human remains (Archaeology) - Europe, Central; Human body - Social aspects - Europe, Central - History - To 1500; Death - Social aspects - Europe, Central - History - To 1500; Burial - Europe, Central - History - To 1500; Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects - Europe, Central - History - To 1500; Dead in art; Art, Prehistoric - Europe, Central; Social archaeology - Europe, Central
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Central Antiquities
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Theoretical Framework -- The Iron Age Setting -- Funerary Practices and the Body -- The Representation of the Body : Images and Imagined Worlds -- The Image and the Object -- The Hallstatt Body in Life and Death -- Motif networks -- Conclusion -- List of sites included in the analysis.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Identities and social relations are fundamental elements of societies. To approach these topics from a new and different angle, this study takes the human body as the focal point of investigation. It tracks changing identities of early Iron Age people in central Europe through body-related practices: the treatment of the body after death and human representations in art"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: The human body in early Iron Age Central Europe
• ISBN: 1-315-27723-9; 1-351-99873-0; 1-351-99872-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155120803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II