Creativity in Middle and Late Bronze Age bird-shaped and bird-ornamented ceramic objects in the Carpathian Basin and the Lower Danube region

Maričević, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8647-6250 and Sofaer, J. (2018) Creativity in Middle and Late Bronze Age bird-shaped and bird-ornamented ceramic objects in the Carpathian Basin and the Lower Danube region. In: Jørgensen, L. B., Sofaer, J. and Sørensen, M. L. S. (eds.) Creativity in the Bronze Age. Understanding Innovation in Pottery, Textile, and Metalwork Production. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 177-189. ISBN 9781108421362 doi: 10.1017/9781108344357.023

Abstract/Summary

Bird imagery is one of the most striking themes explored by Bronze Age potters in many parts of Europe, not least along the middle and the lower reaches of the Danube in the Carpathian Basin and Central Balkans. While the ideas and the symbolism at the root of this widespread manifestation were broadly shared and had their origin in the Bronze Age belief system, the way in which bird imagery was expressed in clay was highly variable. These variations offer an opportunity to explore the creative processes behind bird-shaped and bird-ornamented objects.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/76149
Identification Number/DOI	10.1017/9781108344357.023
Refereed	No
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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