Mecklenburg Collection, Part I: Data on Iron Age Horses of Central and Eastern Europe and Human Skeletal Materials from Slovenia, edited by Hugh Hencken - Softcover

Bökönyi, Sándor; Angel, J. Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873655265 ISBN 13: 9780873655262

Publisher: Peabody Museum Press, 1968

Synopsis

These three volumes deal with the Iron Age grave materials from Magdalenska gora, excavated by the Duchess Paul Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The Duchess of Mecklenburg, a member of an Austrian royal family with estates in Slovenia, conducted her excavations in the early years of the twentieth century. The materials from Magdalenska gora were purchased by the Peabody Museum in the 1930s. Volume I presents data and analysis of the horse remains and human skeletal materials.

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About the Author

SANDOR BOKONYI (1926-1994), an internationally renowned scholar, was one of the founders of modern archaeozoology after World War II. He worked especially in central and southeastern Europe and the Near East. He established the Archaeozoological Collections of the Hungarian National Museum and was employed subsequently by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, serving as president of the Institute of Archaeology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peabody Museum Press
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0873655265
• ISBN 13: 9780873655262
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 116
• Editor: Hencken Hugh