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As an introduction for general readers, Life and Death in the Iron Age looks at the archaeology of Europe in the last prehistoric period before the Roman conquest (c.800 BC to AD 43). The archaeological collections of the Ashmolean Museum are used to illustrate a sereies of themes about the lives and deaths of people at this time: their appearance, clothes and ornaments, economy and trade, how they produced and consumed their food, and the warfare of the period as shown through weapons. Excavations and objects from the important early Iron Age cemetery of Hallstatt. Austria, some of it excavated by Sir John Evans, are covered in some detail. Text is lavishly supplemented by color illustrations, particularly of exhibits from the Ashmolean's Department of Antiquities.
Synopsis
A short, general guide to the European Iron Age (c.800BC - AD43) based around the collections of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The objects from the museum are used to illustrate key features of the economy and trade, food, domestic animals, crafts and production, metalworking, ornament and appearance, weapons and warfare of the Iron Age period. Particular attention is given to the archaeology of the Iron Age cemetery of Hallstatt excavated by Sir John Evans in the 1860s.
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Includes bibliographical references and glossary.