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The current conception of the absolute chronology of the Italian Copper Age to the end of the Early Iron Age is set out in this new title from the British Museum. Some 850 objects have been arranged chronologically from the Copper Age, through the Bronze Age, to the Early Iron Age. Within these headings, the objects are organised typologically e.g. axes, swords etc. A major result of this study has been the reassembly of several groups of bronzes probably originally from hoards. Each entry includes a description, bibliogrpahy and comparanda and line drawing or photgraph.
Reviews & Quotes
"a fundamental research tool'... 'a true edition of archaeological sources similar to the edition of documentary sources held in the archives. One dreams of seeing all ancient museum collections, even if not always fully provenanced, treated in such a way and thus given a new life.'"
Anne Lehoërff
Antiquity (2008)
"A reference work of permanent value, in which 837 items have been informatively drawn and/or photographed, carefully described, and perceptively discussed.'"
David Ridgway
American Journal of Archaeology
(April 2009)