Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500-720 BC) in the British Museum

by Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Ellen Macnamara

Overview

The current conception of the absolute chronology of the Italian Copper Age to the end of the Early Iron Age is set out in this new title from the British Museum. Some 850 objects have been arranged chronologically from the Copper Age, through the Bronze Age, to the Early Iron Age. Within these headings, the objects are organised typologically e.g. axes, swords etc. A major result of this study has been the reassembly of several groups of bronzes probably originally from hoards. Each entry includes a description, bibliogrpahy and comparanda and line drawing or photgraph.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780861591596
Publisher:	British Museum Press
Publication date:	12/01/2007
Series:	British Museum Research Publications , #159
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 11.60(h) x 0.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

A reference work of permanent value, in which 837 items have been informatively drawn and/or photographed, carefully described, and perceptively discussed.'

American Journal Of Archaeology - David Ridgway

a fundamental research tool'... 'a true edition of archaeological sources similar to the edition of documentary sources held in the archives. One dreams of seeing all ancient museum collections, even if not always fully provenanced, treated in such a way and thus given a new life.'

Antiquity, 2008 - Anne Lehoërff