Practical and symbolic aspects of the life cycle of arrowheads in Central Europe, 2,400–1,800 BC
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Practical and symbolic aspects of the life cycle of arrowheads in Central Europe, 2,400–1,800 BC
Original language description
Despite the decreasing importance of the lithic industry at the end of Eneolithic and beginning of the Bronze Age, a highly attractive morphotype – lithic arrowheads – played an important role in symbolic communication in Central European societies. The occurrence of lithic arrowheads preceded the full manifestation of a social class of warrior/power elites, defined within vertical social stratification with their characteristic metal militaria – swords, shields, spears, or armour. Lithic arrowheads were deposited exclusively in male graves, although other warrior equipment, such as wrist guards, copper daggers, and battle-axes, sometimes appeared in wealthy female graves as well. Arrowheads have been traditionally interpreted as a typical attribute of warriors because the alimentary importance of hunting was minimal in this époque. Although projectiles of this period have been mostly interpreted from a symbolic perspective, our results testify to a long practical life of the majority of analysed arrowheads, despite the fact that the deposition of arrowheads in graves is undoubtedly symbolic.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
The Life Biography of Artefacts and Ritual Practice : With case studies from Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age Europe
ISBN
9781407356822
Number of pages of the result
10
Pages from-to
71-80
Number of pages of the book
128
Publisher name
BAR publishing
Place of publication
Oxford
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