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Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe Ian Armit.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521877565 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4094 ARM 23rd ed.
Other classification:
  • SOC003000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Detached fragments of humanity; 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity?; 3. Shamans on the march; 4. Pillars, heads, and corn; 5. Neither this world, nor the next; 6. From the dead to the living; 7. Gods and monsters; 8. Bodies of belief.
Summary: "This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation, and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe"--
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Books Books North Eastern Hill University General Stacks HISTORY 306.4094 ARM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 241359
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-254) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Detached fragments of humanity; 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity?; 3. Shamans on the march; 4. Pillars, heads, and corn; 5. Neither this world, nor the next; 6. From the dead to the living; 7. Gods and monsters; 8. Bodies of belief.

"This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation, and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe"--

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