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Recognize. Identify. Describe. Author Ulrike Weller

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, daggers and swords are primarily characterized by their 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 magnificently 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 brought together in a common classification.

Details

• 312 pages, 17 x 24 cm
• Color 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
• Disc pommel sword, bowl pommel sword, antenna pommel sword
• Horn pommel sword, kidney pommel sword, round pommel sword, saddle pommel sword
• Double plate pommel sword, full hilt sword with anthropoid grip
• Burl pommel sword
• Roman parade sword
• Ort bands
• Various flap location bands
• Various rail hinges
• Groin sword band div.
• Literature
• Detailed directories

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Identification book Daggers and Swords Archaeology Volume 6

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