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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Early Iron Age"”.
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The Early Iron Age socketed axes in Britain
… distribution and association in the British Early Iron Age (800-600BC) through the medium of the socketed axe. Out of 1412 known Early Iron Age axes, 954 specimens were analysed in detail for this thesis: 680 associated finds and 274 single finds. The methodology was governed by two main …
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Social change in ‘Phoenicia’ in the late Bronze/early Iron Age transition
… aims to provide a discussion of Late Bronze/Early Iron Age Phoenicia based on a more solid methodological foundation than has often been the case previously. As well as better illuminating social change occurring within Phoenicia itself, it is hoped that the methodological observations and …
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The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period
… notions of community, memory, and identity. The Early Iron Age and Archaic period are the focus of this study in order to consider what role the construction of identity played in the formation of the city as a Greek polis. The reconstruction of Archaic Corinthian identity analyzes both material …
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Arkadia in transition: exploring late Bronze Age and early Iron Age human landscape
… the region of Arkadia in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age using an interpretative and phenomenologically inspired approach. It is region associated with many myths pointing to a continuing population throughout the period, yet beset with a problematic archaeological record. This has …
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Society in transformation : early Iron Age mixed farming communities in the lower Thukela Basin, Zululand
… sets out to document a regional survey of Early Iron Age sites in a part of the Lower Thukela Basin and report on the excavations and analysis of material from two sites, Mamba and Wosi. On the basis of the archaeological evidence iron smelting practices are discussed and the nature of …
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Discerning activity areas in domestic space : a model for the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Levant
… in the Levant in the period from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age has been strongly debated in Near Eastern studies. Proponents of cultural change argue that a new type of building, the “four-room” house is a strong indicator of a new population moving in, despite compelling evidence that …
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Beyond the vessel: Organic residue analysis of Late Bronze and Early Iron Age south-east European pottery
The Encounters and Transformations in Iron Age Europe project (ENTRANS) aims to expand our knowledge regarding the nature and impact of cultural encounters during the European Iron Age. The study of ceramic vessels was included in the project, in order to further understand cultural practices in …
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A Communications Revolution? The emergence of images and writing in Early Iron Age Greece and Central Italy
… of writing and figurative art during the Early Iron Age in Greece and Central Italy. The two main questions I ask are: why do script(s) and figurative representations emerge in the same years over such a broad area? What can the different patterns in the use of writing and images at …
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Palaeodietary analysis of the Bronze Age and early Iron Age populations from the Minusinsk Basin, southern Siberia, Russia
… on the relations between the prehistoric environment human lifestyle and dietary changes in the Minusinsk Basin, Southern Siberia. The main objective of the study is to understand the dietary changes that occurred between the prehistoric populations of the area, and also to investigate the …
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The Construction of Social Identity in Early Iron Age Greek and Eastern Zhou Chinese Burials: A Comparative Approach
The Early Iron Age in Greece and the Eastern Zhou period in China were periods of tumultuous social transformation and critical state formation. To understand the making of these two societies, one must examine every brick that builds these spheres—namely, the individual. This research explores the …
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Bronze metallurgy in Iron Age central Europe : a metallurgical study of Early Iron Age bronzes from Stična, Slovenia.
The Early Iron Age (750-450 BCE) marks a time in the European Alpine Region in which cultural ideologies surrounding bronze objects and bronze production were changing. Iron was becoming the preferred material from which to make many utilitarian objects such as weapons and agricultural tools; this …
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A Post-Colonial View of Thrace: Thracian-Greek Interactions From the Early Iron Age to the Early Hellenistic Period
… perspective, which has been often left off the pages of history. The evidence is synthesised and discussed in three core chapters. Chapter II takes a regional-wide and long-term perspective. I review the settlement dynamics, burial and religious practices across Thrace through the Iron Age, and I …
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Archaeology and archaeometallurgy in Limpopo province of South Africa: case studies of early iron age sites of Mutoti and Thomo
… the archaeology and archaeometallurgy of the early inhabitants of the Lowveld region. Rigorous methodological and theoretical approaches, which include Ethno-Historical, archaeological and archaeometallurgical studies, were employed to acquire the relevant information required to address …
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Cultural Transition in the Northern Levant during the Early Iron Age as Reflected in the Aegean-style Pottery at Tell Tayinat
… Peoples cause the collapse of the Late Bronze Age palace-based economies of the Levant, as well as of the Hittite Empire? Renewed excavations at Tell Tayinat in southeast Turkey promise to shed new light on the critical transitional phase of the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age (c. 1200-1000 B.C.), a …
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Intersectional social identity in Early Iron Age Dolenjska : a statistical analysis of grave goods from Kapiteljska njiva in Novo Mesto, Slovenia
… identity in the Dolenjska Hallstatt culture of Early Iron Age Slovenia (800 - 300 BCE) using grave goods from the Kapiteljska njiva cemetery. Three aspects of identity are included: gender, social role (identified using diagnostic artifacts), and social status (measured using number of items, …
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Iron age metal working at the Tsodilo Hills, Northwestern Botswana
… metal working technology employed at two major Iron Age archaeological sites in southern Africa. The research involved the description and analysis of two large metal working assemblages with a total of 2922 metal artefacts, fragments of ore, and slag, from the sites of Divuyu (6th 8th century …
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ΠΡΟΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΘΑΣΟΣ Ι: ΤΑ ΝΕΚΡΟΤΑΦΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΙΣΜΟΥ "ΚΑΣΤΡΙ"
… OF THASOS AND DATEDTO THE END OF THE LATE BRONZE AGE AND TO THE EARLY IRON AGE PERIOD HAS BEEN STUDIED. THE MAIN EVIDENCE, ON WHICH THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN BASED, COMES FROM RECENT SURFACE EXPLORATIONS (SURVEY) AND FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS ON THE ISLAND OF THASOS AND MAINLY FROM THE …
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A theory of Greek colonisation : EIA Thrace and initial Greek contacts.
… through the media of studies on the adoption of iron, landscape, megaliths and burial in Early Iron Age Thrace, and a case study of burial, settlement and cult evidence from the island of Thasos. This thesistherefore has wider implications than just for the study of the Early Iron Age, or Greek …
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