Overview

This study explores what we as people can do with our bodies, what we can use them for, and how we can alter and understand them. With analysis based on artefacts found in graves, anthropomorphic images, and written sources, it considers the ways in which human groups from the Neolithic to the Migration Period have perceived and treated the body.

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Author:   Tomasz Gralak (Professor of Archeology, University of Wrocław)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781803277219

ISBN 10:   1803277211
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   07 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter I: Introduction Chapter II: The Neolithic. Bodies of First Farmers Chapter III: The Chalcolithic. The Dark Side of the Sun – Warriors Chapter IV: The Únětice Culture. Bone Collectors Chapter V: Man of Bronze. The Period of Tumulus Cultures’ Domination Chapter VI: Figurative Representations and Perception of Corporality in Minoan and Mycenaean Traditions Chapter VII: Burnt by the Sun. The Lusatian Culture and Cremation Chapter VIII: The People of Rock Carvings. The Nordic Bronze Age Chapter IX: The Decline of the Bronze Age and the Onset of the Iron Age Chapter X: Pomeranian Canopic Jars Chapter XI: People on the Steppes. Creators of the Saka-Scythian Animal Style Chapter XII: Head Hunters. The Celts of the La Tène Culture Chapter XIII: Bodies of the Barbarians Chapter XIV: Migration Period. Bodies and Souls in Turmoil Chapter XV: Epilogue. Slavs and the Myth of Vampire Chapter XVI: Conclusion Bibliography

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Tomasz Gralak received his doctorate from the University of Wrocław in 2003 and habilitated in 2017. Since 1997, he has worked with the Rescue Excavations Team at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Wrocław department). He has participated in rescue excavations and conducted fieldwork at many archaeological sites in southwestern Poland, resulting in several reports and articles. Since 2008, Tomasz Gralak has been employed as an assistant professor at the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Wrocław. His principal interests focus on the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age and questions of prehistoric metrology, architecture, and art. He has completed internships and scholarships in Scandinavia, Central/Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Vietnam. He is the author of over 90 scientific publications.

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