Published by the State Office for Non-State Museums in Bavaria, Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Archaeological Museum Hamburg, State Office for Archaeology Saxony, Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover, Museums Weißenburg/City of Weißenburg in Bavaria.
Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie Volume 6.
As offensive weapons, the shape of daggers and swords is primarily characterised by the fighting style. But they were also always status symbols. Elaborately designed with precious materials, they represented the self-image of warriors and army commanders. This is demonstrated by Neolithic fishtail daggers of outstanding craftsmanship as well as splendidly decorated Frankish gold-handled spathes.
Volume 6 of the successful series is dedicated for the first time to one type of weapon and presents a cross-epochal classification of "daggers and swords". The spectrum ranges from Neolithic flint daggers to Viking iron swords from the period around 1000, and for the first time prehistoric, Roman and early medieval forms are summarised in a common classification.
Details
312 pages, 17 x 24cm
Colour plates and b/w sketches
Chronological overview
Swords
Sword blade, hilt plate sword, hilt pole sword
Full hilt sword, octagonal sword, Nordic full hilt sword
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