Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods: An Examination of Ritual and Dress Equipment from Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Graves in England

by Ann Woodward and John Hunter

The exotic and impressive grave goods from burials of the 'Wessex Culture' in Early Bronze Age Britain are well known and have inspired influential social and economic hypotheses, invoking the former existence of chiefs, warriors and merchants and high-ranking pastoralists. Alternative theories have sought to explain how display of such objects was related to religious and ritual activity rather than to economic status, and that groups of artefacts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782976949
• ISBN13: 9781782976943
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 6.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.2" x 11.8"