Late Antique Metal Vessels In The Carpathian Basin

Author : Tivadar Vida
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Metal-work
ISBN : 963991181X

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Late Antique Metal Vessels in the Carpathian Basin by Tivadar Vida Pdf

The magnificent gold and silver vessels that reached the Barbarian elites of the Migration period either as diplomatic gifts or as war booty, as part of annual subsidies or through trade, attest to the many forms of cultural exchanges between the late antique civilisation of the Mediterranean and the tribal kingdoms emerging on its fringes. These resplendent silver and gold vessels were prized possessions of elite households, whose display enhanced the splendour of community feasts and ceremonies. As expensive diplomatic gifs, precious metal vessels played an important role in maintaining and cementing amicable relations and alliances between the late antique states and the Barbarian kingdoms. The elegant gold and silver vessels bore witness to the prosperity and "good life" of the late antique aristocracy, while their graceful form and delicate ornamentation were designed to reflect the erudition and cultural values of their owners. These masterpieces of late antique art retained their role as status symbols in their new cultural milieu too, and they were sometimes circulated as part of the gift exchanges between Barbarian elites or between a Barbarian king and his nobles. The more humble copper-alloy vessels used in daily life can usually be associated with the middle classes and reflect the appeal of the late antique aristocracy's lifestyle to a broader circle as well as the desire to emulate their table customs and to acquire at least copies of their tableware. Late antique and early Byzantine metal vessels were mediums of social display not only during their owners' lifetimes, but also after their death through the deposition of these impressive items in burials.

Author : Walter Pohl
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501729409

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The Avars by Walter Pohl Pdf

The Avars arrived in Europe from the Central Asian steppes in the mid-sixth century CE and dominated much of Central and Eastern Europe for almost 250 years. Fierce warriors and canny power brokers, the Avars were more influential and durable than Attila's Huns, yet have remained hidden in history. Walter Pohl's epic narrative, translated into English for the first time, restores them to their rightful place in the story of early medieval Europe. The Avars offers a comprehensive overview of their history, tracing the Avars from the construction of their steppe empire in the center of Europe; their wars and alliances with the Byzantines, Slavs, Lombards, and others; their apex as the first so-called barbarian power to besiege Constantinople (in 626); to their fall under the Frankish armies of Charlemagne and subsequent disappearance as a distinct cultural group. Pohl uncovers the secrets of their society, synthesizing the rich archaeological record recovered from more than 60,000 graves of the period, as well as accounts of the Avars by Byzantine and other chroniclers. In recovering the story of the fascinating encounter between Eurasian nomads who established an empire in the heart of Europe and the post-Roman Christian cultures of Europe, this book provides a new perspective on the origins of medieval Europe itself.

Author : Hans Peter Hahn,Anja Klöckner,Dirk Wicke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789258158

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Values and Revaluations by Hans Peter Hahn,Anja Klöckner,Dirk Wicke Pdf

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004456983

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The Long Sixth Century in Eastern Europe by Florin Curta Pdf

In The Long Sixth Century in Eastern Europe, Florin Curta offers a social and economic history of East Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe during the 6th and 7th centuries.

Author : Amanda Luyster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009353151

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The Chertsey Tiles, the Crusades, and Global Textile Motifs by Amanda Luyster Pdf

While visual cultures mingled comfortably along the silk roads and on the shores of the Mediterranean, medieval England has sometimes been viewed – by both medieval and more recent writers – as isolated. In this Element the author introduces new evidence to show that this understanding of medieval England's visual relationship to the rest of the world demands revision. An international team led by the author has completed a digital reconstruction of the so-called Chertsey combat tiles (sophisticated pictorial floor tiles made c. 1250, England), including both images and lost Latin texts. Grounded in the discoveries made while completing this reconstruction, the author proposes new conclusions regarding the historical circumstances within which the Chertsey tiles were commissioned and their significant connections with global textile traditions.

Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351330015

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Slavs in the Making by Florin Curta Pdf

Slavs in the Making takes a fresh look at archaeological evidence from parts of Slavic-speaking Europe north of the Lower Danube, including the present-day territories of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Nothing is known about what the inhabitants of those remote lands called themselves during the sixth century, or whether they spoke a Slavic language. The book engages critically with the archaeological evidence from these regions, and questions its association with the "Slavs" that has often been taken for granted. It also deals with the linguistic evidence—primarily names of rivers and other bodies of water—that has been used to identify the primordial homeland of the Slavs, and from which their migration towards the Lower Danube is believed to have started. It is precisely in this area that sociolinguistics can offer a serious alternative to the language tree model currently favoured in linguistic paleontology. The question of how best to explain the spread of Slavic remains a controversial issue. This book attempts to provide an answer, and not just a critique of the method of linguistic paleontology upon which the theory of the Slavic migration and homeland relies. The book proposes a model of interpretation that builds upon the idea that (Common) Slavic cannot possibly be the result of Slavic migration. It addresses the question of migration in the archaeology of early medieval Eastern Europe, and makes a strong case for a more nuanced interpretation of the archaeological evidence of mobility. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval history, migration, and the history of Eastern and Central Europe.

Author : Joachim Henning
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110183580

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Post-Roman Towns, Trade and Settlement in Europe and Byzantium: Byzantium, Pliska, and the Balkans by Joachim Henning Pdf

In this collection leading international authorities analyse the structures and economic functions of non-agrarian centres between ca. 500 and 1000 A.D. - their trade, their surrounding settlements, and the agricultural and cultural milieux. The thirty-one papers presented at an international conference held in Bad Homburg focus on recent archaeological discoveries in Central Europe (Vol. 1), as well as on those from southeastern Europe to Asia Minor (Vol. 2).

Author : Joachim Henning
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110218831

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Byzantium, Pliska, and the Balkans by Joachim Henning Pdf

MILLENNIUM pursues an interdisciplinary approach transcending historical eras. The editorial board and the advisory board represent a wide range of disciplines - contributions from art and literary studies are just as welcome as historical, theological and philosophical contributions on both the Latin and Greek and the Oriental cultures. The STUDIES present relevant monographs or collections of papers from across the whole range of topics. The YEARBOOK contains authoritative articles. As the links between the various articles are sketched out in a comprehensive editorial, their diversity is intended to encourage dialogue between the disciplines and national research cultures. MILLENNIUM does not publish individual reviews, but does on occasions produce literature surveys. The languages of publication are principally English and German, but articles in French, Italian and Spanish can also be accommodated.

Author : Alexandra Găvan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6065436623

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Metal and Metalworking in the Bronze Age Tell Settlements from the Carpathian Basin by Alexandra Găvan Pdf

Author : Anastasia Drandaki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Art metal-work, Ancient
ISBN : 2503569412

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Late Antique Metalware. the Production of Copper Alloy Vessels in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries by Anastasia Drandaki Pdf

The book examines the fourth- to eighth-century copper alloy wares in the Benaki Museum, using them as the basis on which a wider debate about the production, circulation and use of copper vessels in late Antiquity can be built. Apart from the necessary typology and dating, the study also includes systematic discussion of questions regarding the alloys used in the manufacture of the copperwares and the techniques employed in their production and decoration. The study of primary sources provided evidence about the late Roman and Medieval Greek terminology associated with each group of objects, as well as interesting information about the distribution of various types of vessels, the context in which they were used and the value their owners placed on them, while also containing useful references to the coppersmiths themselves.

Author : Hans-Werner Goetz,Jörg Jarnut,Walter Pohl
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004125247

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Regna and Gentes by Hans-Werner Goetz,Jörg Jarnut,Walter Pohl Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive and comparative study of the difficult relationship between ethnic identities and political organisation in the post-Roman and early medieval kingdoms. 16 authors (historians, archaeologists and linguists) deal with ten important kingdoms of this period and with its political and legal context.

Author : Gocha R. Tsetskhladze,Alexandru Avram,James Hargrave
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784911935

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The Danubian Lands between the Black, Aegean and Adriatic Seas by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze,Alexandru Avram,James Hargrave Pdf

Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Belgrade - 17-21 September 2013). The theme of the congress included archaeological, historical, linguistic, anthropological, geographical and other investigations across the huge area through which the Argonauts passed in seeking to return from Colchis.

Author : Joanna Sofaer
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784917555

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Considering Creativity: Creativity, Knowledge and Practice in Bronze Age Europe by Joanna Sofaer Pdf

The papers in this volume view Bronze Age objects through the lens of creativity in order to offer fresh insights into the interaction between people and the world, as well as the individual and cultural processes that lie behind creative expression.

Author : Christoph Baumer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755639694

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History of the Caucasus by Christoph Baumer Pdf

"Rich and illuminating." Literary Review A landscape of high mountains and narrow valleys stretching from the Black to the Caspian Seas, the Caucasus region has been home to human populations for nearly 2 million years. In this richly illustrated 2-volume series, historian and explorer Christoph Baumer tells the story of the region's history through to the present day. It is a story of encounters between many different peoples, from Scythians, Turkic and Mongol peoples of the East to Greeks and Romans from the West, from Indo-European tribes from the West as well as the East, and to Arabs and Iranians from the South. It is a story of rival claims by Empires and nations and of how the region has become home to more than 50 languages that can be heard within its borders to this very day. This first volume charts the period from the emergence of the earliest human populations in the region – the first known human populations outside Africa - to the Seljuk conquests of 1050CE. Along the way the book charts the development of Neolithic, Iron and Bronze Age cultures, the first recognizable Caucasian state and the arrival of a succession of the great transnational Empires, from the Greeks, the Romans and the Armenian to competing Christian and Muslim conquerors. The History of the Caucasus: Volume 1 also includes more than 200 full colour images and maps bringing the changing cultures of these lands vividly to life.

Author : Roger Bland,Adrian Chadwick,Colin Haselgrove,David Mattingley
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781785708589

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Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain by Roger Bland,Adrian Chadwick,Colin Haselgrove,David Mattingley Pdf

More coin hoards have been recorded from Roman Britain than from any other province of the Empire. This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume provides a survey of over 3260 hoards of Iron Age and Roman coins found in England and Wales with a detailed analysis and discussion. Theories of hoarding and deposition and examined, national and regional patterns in the landscape settings of coin hoards presented, together with an analysis of those hoards whose findspots were surveyed and of those hoards found in archaeological excavations. It also includes an unprecedented examination of the containers in which coin hoards were buried and the objects found with them. The patterns of hoarding in Britain from the late 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD are discussed. The volume also provides a survey of Britain in the 3rd century AD, as a peak of over 700 hoards are known from the period from AD 253–296. This has been a particular focus of the project which has been a collaborative research venture between the University of Leicester and the British Museum funded by the AHRC. The aim has been to understand the reasons behind the burial and non-recovery of these finds. A comprehensive online database (https://finds.org.uk/database) underpins the project, which also undertook a comprehensive GIS analysis of all the hoards and field surveys of a sample of them.