The Accomplished Art: Gold and Gold-Working in Britain and Ireland During the Bronze Age

by George Eogan

Around 1500 gold objects from the British and Irish Bronze Age survive in collections today. Based on studies of these objects, this volume presents an evaluation and interpretation of the material in social terms, and is complemented by distribution maps and illustrations of typical examples of each class or sub-class in their own right, gold objects of the Bronze Age are also vital documents aiding our understanding not only of the work of craftsmen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0946897727
• ISBN13: 9780946897728
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 199 Pages