The Earliest Bronze Swords in Britain and their Origins on the Continent of Europe

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ID11002083
AuthorsJ D Cowen (corresponding author)
Year1951
Volume17
Issue2
Pages195-213
Publication date1951-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the Prehistoric Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0079-497X • E-ISSN: 2050-2729
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0079497x00018685
OpenAlexW2326122912
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

Notable advances have taken place on the continent of recent years in the study of bronze types of the Late Bronze Age, and of their distribution both in time and space. In Britain, too, progress has been made. We have some while since distinguished a Late Bronze Age II (roughly equivalent to Hallstatt B) from a Late Bronze Age I (roughly Hallstatt A), and latterly even begun—though still dimly—to envisage a Late Bronze Age III, which would be the counterpart with us of a true Hallstatt period (Reinecke's Hallstatt C and D, or Montelius VI). In regard to swords we recognize the intrusive Carp's-Tongue variety, characteristic of the opening of our Late Bronze Age II, and certain native weapons that are contemporary with it. We have also long been familiar with the later Hallstatt bronze swords of Gündlingen type. But the series as a whole has not yet been studied, and its origins are vague and ill-documented. It is the object of this paper to offer a reasoned starting-point for the sequence of development in Britain, so that we may be the better equipped to determine which of our sword-types can properly be assigned to our own Late Bronze Age I, and even, possibly, to throw some light on the chronology of the period

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Beaker · Bronze · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Chronology · Dagger · Iron Age · Period (music · SWORD · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Philosophy

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