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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
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
2508
361-365
Archaeopress
Sofaer, Joanna
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Bergerbrant, Sophie
Sabatini, Serena
Sofaer, Joanna
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Bergerbrant, Sophie
Sabatini, Serena

Sofaer, Joanna (2013) Cosmologies in clay: Swedish Helmet Bowls in the Middle Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin. In, 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. Archaeopress, pp. 361-365.

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Abstract

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
Organisations: Archaeology

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Local EPrints ID: 345430
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345430
PURE UUID: d03ca3ef-5443-462b-921a-63e140454de5
ORCID for Joanna Sofaer: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6328-8636

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Date deposited: 21 Nov 2012 15:00
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:07

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Author: Joanna Sofaer ORCID iD
Editor: Sophie Bergerbrant
Editor: Serena Sabatini

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