Coles, J. M. and Taylor, J. J. (1971). The Wessex Culture: a minimal view. Antiquity 45. Vol 45, pp. 6-14.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
The Wessex Culture: a minimal view | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Antiquity 45 | ||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Antiquity | ||
Volume Volume number and part |
45 | ||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
6 - 14 | ||
Biblio Note This is a Bibliographic record only. |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database. The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions. | ||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | ||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The duration and reality of the supposed Wessex I and Wessex II episodes is questioned on the basis of the most crucial of the gravegoods (daggers, axes and goldwork). The Central European, especially Ún tician, relationships often cited are too generalised for dating purposes The Bush Barrow and Breton types of dagger both derive from a generalised Central European repertoire of early dagger elements; moreover, a chronological separation of Bush Barrow and Camerton-Snowshill daggers seems inadvisable. The Bush Barrow axe is atypical in Britain, and our Arreton Down axes are not of classic Ún tice form; our (rare) pins of Ún tice type are of the mostly widely distributed and imprecisely datable varieties. For the goldwork, technical examination shows that most of the finest pieces were made by one smith, and the phase of princely graves must have been short. The conclusion is that two external influences, Breton and Central European, were adopted by the self-aggrandising native Wessex people over a quite short period. | ||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1971 | ||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
|
||
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
|
||
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
05 Dec 2008 |
