Hoards from the Neolithic to the Metal Ages: Technical and Codified Practices. Session of the XIth Annual Meeting of the European Association of . Archaeological Reports International Series, 1758)

edited by Caroline Hamon, Benedicte Quilliec.

ISBN 10: 1407301977 / ISBN 13: 9781407301976

Published by Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, BAR Publishing, 2008

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120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. This book presents eleven papers from a session held at the EAA conference in Cork, Ireland, in 2005.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hoards from the Neolithic to the Metal Ages: Technical and Codified Practices. Session of the XIth Annual Meeting of the European Association of . Archaeological Reports International Series, 1758)
• Publisher: Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, BAR Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1407301977
• ISBN 13: 9781407301976
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

Eleven papers from a session held at the EAA conference in Cork, Ireland, in 2005. Contents: 1) Hoards from the Neolithic to the Metal Ages: Technical and Codified Practices - Introduction (Caroline Hamon and Bénédicte Quilliec); 2) æTradersÆ hoardsÆ. Reviewing the Relationship between Trade and Permanent Deposition: the Case of the Dutch Voorhout Hoard (David Fontijn); 3) The Symbolic Value of Grindingstones Hoards: Technical Properties of Neolithic Examples (Caroline Hamon); 4) Neolithic Depositions in the Northern Netherlands (Karsten Wentink and Annelou van Gijn); 5) Interpretation Elements of Hoards from the Late Bronze Age in Lorraine and Saar through Technical Studies (forming process and metal composition) (Cécile Veber); 6) Iberian Psycho. Deliberate Destruction in Bronze Age Gold Hoards of the Iberian Peninsula (Alicia Perea); 7) Voluntary Destructions of Objects in Middle and Late Bronze Age Hoards in France (Maréva Gabillot and Céline Lagarde); 8) Use, Wear and Damage: Treatment of Bronze Swords before Deposition (Bénédicte Quilliec); 9) Doing away with Dichotomies? Comparative Use-Wear Analysis of Early Bronze Age Axes from Scotland (Shaun Moyler); 10) Hoards and Flint Blades in Western France at the End of the Neolithic (Ewen Ihuel); 11) Other than Bronze: Substances and Incorporation in Danish Bronze Age Hoards (Steven Matthews).

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Caroline Hamon and Benedicte Quilliec