A symbol - but of what? Iron Age daggers, Alessi corkscrews and anthropoid embellishment reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4829080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Carlson (University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 330 |
| Pages | 1312-1324 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00062074 |
| OpenAlex | W2106525839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
An ingenious derivation for the La Tène dagger with anthropoid hilt shows how craftsmen gave an agreeable character to a working weapon. The dagger remained every bit as effective, but the splayed person on the hilt added a touch of playful luxury to the serious business of stabbing. By way of a modern anthropoid corkscrew, the author lures us away from an obsession with symbolism and encourages us to look for a more down-to-earth 'psychological functionality' in decorated objects
Arithmetic · Art · Character (mathematics) · Dagger · Linguistics · Literature · Symbol (formal) · Theology · Communication · European Linguistics and Anthropology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Mathematics · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Philosophy · Psychology
Art And Agency
Archaeology
Sur deux poignards de la fin de l’époque de La Tène
Le poignard anthropoïde de la nécropole Saint-Roch à Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)
An Iron Anthropoid Sword from Shouldham, Norfolk with Related Continental and British Weapons
Night and Day
Celtic Art
The Celtic World
An Archaeology of Images
Mimesis as Make-Beleive
The Power of Images
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |