Prehistoric Gold in Europe
Mines, Metallurgy and Manufacture
Editors: Morteani, Giulio, Northover, Jeremy P. (Eds.)
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Interest in the study of early European cultures is growing. These cultures have left us objects made of gold, other metals and ceramics. The advent of metal detectors, coupled with improved analytical techniques, has increased the number of findings of such objects enormously. Gold was used for economic and ceremonial purposes and thus the gold objects are an important key to our understanding of the social and political structures, as well as the technological achievements, of Bronze and Iron Age European societies.
A correct interpretation of the information provided by gold and other metal objects requires the cooperation of experts in the fields of social, materials and natural science. Detailed investigation of gold deposits in Europe have revealed the composition and genesis of the deposits as sources of the metal.
In Prehistoric Gold in Europe, a group of leading European geoscientists, metallurgists and archaeologists discuss the techniques of gold mining and metallurgy, the socioeconomic importance of gold as coinage and a symbol of wealth and status, and as an indicator of religious habits, as well as a mirror of trade and cultural relations mirrored by the distribution and types of gold objects in prehistoric times.
- Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Notes on a General Chronological Scheme for Europe
Pages 3-5
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Outline of Climatic and Environmental Changes in Southern Central Europe over the Past 20,000 Years
Pages 7-15
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Considerations on the Real and the Symbolic Value of Gold
Pages 19-28
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Gold and Society in Prehistoric Europe
Pages 29-31
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The Monetary Aspect of Gold from Prehistoric to Modern Times
Pages 33-44
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Prehistoric Gold in Europe
- Book Subtitle
- Mines, Metallurgy and Manufacture
- Editors
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- Giulio Morteani
- Jeremy P. Northover
- Series Title
- Nato Science Series E:
- Series Volume
- 280
- Copyright
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-015-1292-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-015-1292-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-3255-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-4500-3
- Series ISSN
- 0168-132X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 618
- Topics
