The carnyx in Iron Age Europe: the Deskford carnyx in its European context

2 Bände
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-88467-309-6
Verlag: Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA)

Buch, Englisch, Band 146, 684 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 300 mm, Gewicht: 3392 g

Reihe: Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum / Monographien des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums

The carnyx is studied in the context of musical instruments, metalworking technology, Celtic art styles, hoards and sacrificial offerings, Iron Age connections across Europe, and how the Greeks and Romans used material culture to depict “barbarians” in triumphal art. Research shifts from details of a single carnyx to a European scale in order to obtain a rounded picture of this striking instrument. Often called Celtic, the carnyx was far more than this. This study questions how useful such broad terms are, and shows the instrument’s spread to other cultural groupings – German, Dacian, and as far away as India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, Fraser

Über Autor(innen)

Fraser Hunter did a degree in Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford, where he also did his PhD on the topic of the carnyx. He is curator of Iron Age and Roman collections at National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh.