Rethinking Bronze Age Cosmology
A North European Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23636788 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joakim Goldhahn (0000-0003-4640-8784, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author), Joachim Goldhahn (The University of Western Australia) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 248-269 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook Of The European Bronze Age (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199572861.013.0014 |
| OpenAlex | W573353678 |
| ISBN | 9780199572861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article discusses several ways of rethinking cosmology in the Bronze Age using a north European perspective, and identifies two basic premises for studying human life-worlds using archaeological means, namely material culture and the immaterial world. Next, it shows how the craft of smiths in the Bronze Age was connected with cosmology and introduces the idea of a gift as ‘total prestation’, along with the use of gifts and counter gifts within the Bronze Age prestige goods systems. The article also determines that the cosmologies of the Bronze Age life-world were based on pragmatic ritualised practices, which were continuously repeated and recreated at certain times and occasions. It also suggests that rock art and offering can be seen as counter-gifts or as acts of emplacement.
Ancient history · Astronomy · Bronze · Bronze Age · Cosmology · Geography · Perspective (graphical) · Physics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · History and Developments in Astronomy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |