Controlling colours : function and meaning of colour in the British Iron Age /: function and meaning of colour in the British Iron Age. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marlies Hoecherl.
• Authors: Hoecherl, Marlies
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Literature Review; Chapter 3: Theoretical Aspects of Colour; Chapter 4: Colour and Creation – Colour Implications in Metalworking; Chapter 5: A Whiter Shade of Pale – Chalk in the British Iron Age; Chapter 6: Weaving with Light – Luminosity and Brilliance in the British Iron Age; Chapter 7: The Power of Blood – Decorated Metal Ware; Chapter 8: Yellow Stars and Red Journeys – Colour, Iconography and Cosmologies; Chapter 9: Black White and Red – Colours of Death; Chapter 10: Transforming Skin – Body Decoration in the British Iron Age; Chapter 11: Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Sites; Appendix 2: Artefacts; Appendix 3: Human Remains; Appendix 4: Classical Sources for Body Decoration.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 936.1016; Iron age -- Great Britain; Color -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Great Britain -- Antiquities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784912260
• Related ISBNs: 9781784912253
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