British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards

by Janet Lang and I.M. Stead

British Iron Age swords and scabbards are here catalogued in detail for the first time. They are grouped on the basis of typologies of components and are discussed with special reference to their decoration, context and chronology. Artefact studies have been neglected for many years, and this subject was last tackled in a paper published in 1950. Since then, the material available for study has tripled, from 93 to 274 items, and new archaeological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714123234
• ISBN13: 9780714123233
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 12.0"