Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe
By: Ian Armit
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521877565
Subjects: Headhunters; Social life and customs; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology; Iron age; Human remains (Archaeology); Violence; Rites and ceremonies; Religious life and customs; Human body
Description: "This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation, and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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.