Book contents
- Birds in the Bronze Age
- Dedication
- Birds in the Bronze Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Lines of Flight: A Foreword
- Some Notes to the Reader
- Prologue
- Part I Lift-Off
- Part II Birdscapes
- Four Bronze Birds
- Five Birds for the Living
- Six Birds for the Dead
- Seven Birds on the Rocks
- Part III Intra-Actions
- Epilogue
- Book part
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Five - Birds for the Living
from Part II - Birdscapes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2019
- Birds in the Bronze Age
- Dedication
- Birds in the Bronze Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Tables
- Lines of Flight: A Foreword
- Some Notes to the Reader
- Prologue
- Part I Lift-Off
- Part II Birdscapes
- Four Bronze Birds
- Five Birds for the Living
- Six Birds for the Dead
- Seven Birds on the Rocks
- Part III Intra-Actions
- Epilogue
- Book part
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Finds of birds from archaeological excavations of Bronze Age features, settlements, and monuments are often considered rare and precious – partly because of carbonate hydroxylapatite (bone) is unstable below pH of 7 and unstoppable site formation processes, but also because of cultural praxis and implicit and explicit research strategies. When bird bones are found, it is not evident if they should be interpreted as everyday food consumption or seasonal fowling. Often bird remains are connected to ritualized practices, and sometimes it is evident that finds should be interpreted as mnemonic devices and ritual paraphernalia that were linked to past cosmologies.2
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- Birds in the Bronze AgeA North European Perspective, pp. 135 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019