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Bronze Age Weapons-yeah another question

  • 28-03-2008 3:11pm
    #1
    estebancambias
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    Here, could anyone recommend me a layout on Bronze Age Weapons. I'm having a real hard time trying to get started as I have know idea where to start from.

    Basically I have only done an introduction.

    Its only a small project really, so I don't need too much detail. I was planning on dividing it up into the early/middle/later Bronze Age, and then discussing like the Killaha Phase(early) and the Dowris Phase(later)

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    Saabdub
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    estebancambias, you've probably seen John Waddell's book The Prehistoric Archaeology Of Ireland, he has a very useful discussion of the main types (spread over a number of chapetrs) and handy tables of the phases with dating from Knocknagur through Dowris with the equivalents in England, and a good bibliography for further reading:).

    Saabdub


  • #3
    Riamfada
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    It might help you to have a look at the social aspect of weapons in ritual deposition, try

    The hoards of the Irish later Bronze Age by George Eogan

    I have found the bronze age is woefully difficult to work on simply due to the lack of specialised accessible literature but anything with "the prehistory of ireland" in it ..... :)


  • #4
    estebancambias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭estebancambias


    Cheers.

    By the way does anyone know what period the Lissan Rapier comes from?

    I presume middle/later.


  • #5
    Saabdub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭Saabdub


    estebancambias wrote: »
    Cheers.

    By the way does anyone know what period the Lissan Rapier comes from?

    I presume middle/later.


    It's noted by Burgess and Gerlof 1981 (Waddell Prehistoric Archaeology Ireland has the full ref.) as their type III dating to c.1300-1100 BC, so its Middle. It's also a classic example of a display item. The blade is too long and narrow to be much use in combat and so like so many Bronze Age "weapons" it ended up in a bog.

    Saabdub


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