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17 août 2017
- handle: 10670/1.tmv12o
- isbn: 9782875583925
- eisbn: 9782875585400
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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prehistory Greece intentional fragmentation pottery jewellery destruction Art Archaeology SOC003000 HDSujets proches
Conation Volition Cetanā Rock-tombs Graves Sepulchers Vaults (Sepulchral) Tombstones Funerary monuments Graves Memorial tablets Tablets, Memorial Funeral monuments Gravestones Memorial gardens (Cemeteries) Necropoles Churchyards Burial grounds Graves Necropoli Necropolises Memory gardens (Cemeteries) Graveyards Burying-grounds Necropoleis Memorial parks (Cemeteries) Graves Burial customs Interment Burying-groundsCiter ce document
Kate Harrell, « Piece Out », Presses universitaires de Louvain, ID : 10670/1.tmv12o
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A survey of the iron swords from Early Iron Age (EIA) Attica and Lefkandi (1100-850 BC) in their archaeological contexts reveals interesting parallels with the swords from the Mycenae Shaft Graves (Middle Helladic III-Late Helladic II). Most of the EIA swords are bent, generally into rings, but others are interred without being damaged in any way. Significantly, bent swords are not considered by archaeologists to be any less valuable in their ancient context than the unaltered blades. Building on this approach, data from the Mycenae Shaft Grave swords will be shown to indicate that there is a rise in the fragmentation of these swords, particularly in Graves IV and V, that cannot be attributed to taphonomic processes; rather the data imply active human involvement in the fragmentation. A possible explanation for the fragmentation – and a suggestion for how the missing sword fragments were consumed – will be put forward