Llyn Cerrig Bach: A Study of the Copper Alloy Artefacts from the Insular La Tone Assemblage

by MacDonald, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780708320419
• ISBN10: 0708320414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Typological and chronological details of various iron and copper alloy artifacts recovered from an airfield in Llyn Cerrig Bach in the 1940s are examined in this definitive history of La Tene metalwork. A revised interpretation of the character and chronology of disposition is proposed, as well as discussions on the fieldwork at the site, the metallurgical analysis of the assemblage, and insular La Tene art.

Author Biography

Philip Macdonald is a Research Fellow in the School of Geography, Archaelogy and Palaeocology, Queen's University of Belfast.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
List of plates	p. x
List of tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introductory remarks	p. 1
The copper alloy horse furniture and vehicle fittings excluding the bridle-bits	p. 8
The copper alloy bridle-bits	p. 52
The copper alloy artefacts excluding the horse furniture, vehicle fittings and pieces of artistic merit	p. 88
Artefacts of artistic merit	p. 117
The source and date of the assemblage	p. 152
Concluding remarks	p. 171
Tabulated list and concordance table for the Llyn Cerrig Bach assemblage	p. 190
Metallurgical analysis of the copper alloy artefacts in the Llyn Cerrig Bach assemblage	p. 199
Field survey at Llyn Cerrig Bach	p. 207
Catalogue of the copper alloy artefacts from Llyn Cerrig Bach	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 289
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