Recognize. Identify. Describe. Author Ronald Heynowski.

Published by the Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Archäologisches Museum Hamburg, Landesamt für Archäologie Sachsen.

Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie Volume 3.

This "Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie Band 3" is dedicated to a group of objects that is unspectacular at first glance and has never been put into a catchy typological scheme: needles from the Upper Palaeolithic to the High Middle Ages.

Sewing needles and pins are indispensable in the manufacture of clothing, needles are used as jewelry, for body decoration or as a tool for metalworking. The materials used are bone or metal, simple designs are found alongside elaborate, even figuratively decorated examples. This book can be used by both laymen and scientists and offers various levels of indexing for inventorying. Each term is accompanied by a definition, a source reference and an illustration. Information on dating and distribution is provided to help classify the object types.

Details

• 182 pages, 17 x 24 cm
• Color plates and b/w sketches
• The needles - overview of forms
• Needle with rod-like head with subgroups
• Needle with spiral head with subgroups
• Framed head needle with subgroups
• Needle with vertical head with subgroups
• Needle with horizontal head end with subgroups
• Needle with single profiled head with subgroups
• Needle with complex profiled head with subgroups
• Needle with figuratively decorated head
• Needle boxes
• Needle literature
• Needle index
• List of illustrations

Included in the scope of delivery

Identification book NeedlesArchaeology Volume 2

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