Cosmologies in clay: Swedish Helmet Bowls in the Middle Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin
Cosmologies in clay: Swedish Helmet Bowls in the Middle Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin
Sun and wheel motifs are characteristic of European Bronze Age iconography. This paper discusses the expression of these motifs on Swedish helmet bowls and other vessels from the Middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin. It explores the role of these vessels in materially expressing cosmological myths.
sun and wheel motifs, ceramic bowls, cosmology
361-365
Sofaer, Joanna
038f9eb2-5863-46ef-8eaf-fb2513b75ee2
2013
Sofaer, Joanna
038f9eb2-5863-46ef-8eaf-fb2513b75ee2
Sofaer, Joanna
(2013)
Cosmologies in clay: Swedish Helmet Bowls in the Middle Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin.
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Bergerbrant, Sophie and Sabatini, Serena
(eds.)
Counterpoint: Essays in Archaeology and Heritage Studies in Honour of Professor Kristian Kristiansen.
(BAR International Series, 2508)
Oxford, GB.
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Sun and wheel motifs are characteristic of European Bronze Age iconography. This paper discusses the expression of these motifs on Swedish helmet bowls and other vessels from the Middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin. It explores the role of these vessels in materially expressing cosmological myths.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2013
Published date: 2013
Keywords:
sun and wheel motifs, ceramic bowls, cosmology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345430
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Sophie Bergerbrant
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Serena Sabatini
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