| Llyn Cerrig Bach: A Study of the Copper Alloy Artefacts from the Insular La Taene Assemblage Contributor(s): MacDonald, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0708320414 ISBN-13: 9780708320419 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2007 Annotation: Typological and chronological details of various iron and copper alloy artifacts recovered from an airfield in Llyn Cerrig Bach in the 1940s are examined in this definitive history of La Tene metalwork. A revised interpretation of the character and chronology of disposition is proposed, and discussions cover the fieldwork at the site, the metallurgical analysis of the assemblage, and insular La Tene art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 936.292 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 7.65" W x 9.72" (2.03 lbs) 295 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Llyn Cerrig Bach assemblage is one of the most important collections of La Tene metalwork discovered in the British Isles. It came to light during construction in 1942 at RAF Valley in north-west Anglesey, when it was disturbed during the extraction of peat from the Cors yr Ynys bog located on the southern margin of Llyn Cerrig Bach. A total of 181 iron and copper alloy artefacts are known to have been recovered, of which all but four are in the collection of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.This book incorporates a catalog and discussion of the copper alloy artefacts in the collection. In addition to a typological study of this internationally important collection of Iron Age metalwork, the volume includes discussions of metalwork and insular La Te""ne are chronology, fieldwork at the site, and metallurgical analysis of the assemblage. The site is evaluated in its British and wider context and a revised interpretation of the character and chronology of the deposition is proposed, which sheds light upon both Iron Age Anglesey and the Roman invasion of Wales." |