Material is the mother of innovation and it is through skill that innovations are brought about.
This core thesis that is developed in this book identifies skill as the linchpin of–and missing …

In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of Europe, this book
provides a focus on animistic–shamanistic cosmologies and the associated human …

The chapter investigates a theme in recent archaeological investigations of death, memory,
and material culture. I contrast how material culture was deployed to make commemorative …

This volume offers new insights into the radical shift in attitudes towards death and the dead
body that occurred in temperate Bronze Age Europe. Exploring the introduction and …

Cremation as a funeral practice opens up a huge variety of uses of the dead body by
descendants for different purposes in culture and cosmology. By cremating the dead at …

In the Bible, the human qannāʾ (אנק) expresses a negative, self-destructive trait of character
mainly related to envy and jealousy. In contrast, the divine qannāʾ points to an essential …

Abstract Cremation and Cosmology–A Comparative Archaeological Introduction aims to
synthesise in an easily accessible style the current state of cremation research and some of …

Artisans versus nobility? Artisans ersus nobilit? multiple identities of elites and ʻcommoners’ ie
ed through the lens of crafting from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Ages in Europe and the …

It is generally considered that cairns and stone constructions of different shapes and sizes
make up the grave monuments of the Late Bronze Age (1000–300 BC) in the province of …

Gjutningens arenor Page 1 Gjutningens arenor Anna Sörman !" # $ "$"" % & ' ( )$ Abstract
Casting spaces. The spatial, social and political organisation of metalworking in southern …