Sagaholm : North European Bronze Age rock art and burial ritual /

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Author / Creator:Goldhahn, Joakim, author.
Uniform title:Sagaholm. English
Imprint:Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2016.
Description:viii, 140 pages ; 28 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10921363
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ISBN:9781785702648
1785702645
9781785702655
Notes:Originally published in Swedish in 1999 as: Sagaholm : hällristningar och gravritual.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"Major new appraisal of the symbolism and meaning of a major group of Middle Bronze Age rock art engravings from a well-known Swedish burial context which considers these engravings as an important part of burial ritual, linked to certain beliefs about the regeneration of life. This major new study by one of Europe's leading prehistorians presents and discusses a series of rock art engravings from a Bronze Age barrow in Ljungarum parish, Jönköping Län, situated in the central part of southern Sweden. Sagaholm contains the largest group of rock engravings discovered in a burial context in northern Europe. Joachim Goldhahn addresses a number of aspects of the use of rock engravings in burial rituals during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600-1100 BC), combining the antiquarian and scientific history of this extraordinary find. In order to understand the meaning and significance of the rock art in the barrow, the author presents a theoretical argument that the art is meaningfully composed and can been seen as the result of an active symbolic praxis which mirrors a metaphorical way of thinking. Special concern is given to the frequent horse motifs at Sagaholm, and it is argued that they, and the morphology of this particular barrow, can be seen as a metaphor for a new and exotic cosmology that reached southern Scandinavia during the Middle Bronze Age. It is further suggested that this extraordinary find points to a (re)interpretation of Scandinavian Bronze Age rock art as an important part of burial ritual, linked to certain beliefs about the regeneration of life"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Online version: Goldhahn, Joakim, author. Sagaholm Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2016 9781785702655

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