Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe / Ian Armit.

  • Armit, Ian.
Date:
2012
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About this work

Description

"This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation, and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Physical description

xii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Contributors

Contents

1. Detached fragments of humanity -- 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity? -- 3. Shamans on the march -- 4. Pillars, heads, and corn -- 5. Neither this world, nor the next -- 6. From the dead to the living -- 7. Gods and monsters -- 8. Bodies of belief.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-254) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BC.AA1
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780521877565
  • 0521877563