The Bronze Age - the first golden age of Europe


More then 10 years old, but a nice introduction
to the Bronze age..

*The Bronze Age - the first golden age of Europe*
European Heritage magazine 2, 1994
http://tinyurl.com/d3ptl

Contents

William O'Brien. _The Bronze Age - the first golden_
_age of Europe_
¤      A rich legacy
¤      Mediterranean civilisation
¤      The golden metal
¤      The changing landscape
¤      Life and death
¤      Transformation

Ian Longworth _The rise of the golden West_
¤      Gold, privilege of the elite
¤      Bronze : source of conflict and exchange
¤      Gifts for the Gods

Thomas B. Larsson _Chiefs, farmers and hunters_
_of the North_
¤      Different environments and different societies
¤      The rise of the mighty chiefs
¤      Cairns and the connections between the
        north and the south
¤  Rock art: messages from the past

Calista Fische _The secret of the Mauritius Spring_
¤      The oldest well chamber in Europe
¤      Offerings of thanks or placation?
¤      The golden age

Rüdiger Krause _Bronze Age remains throughout Europe_
¤      Bronze Age princes and their fortresses
¤      The Danube, a vehicle for culture
¤      Copper, an economic factor
¤      "Pictures" in the rock tell the history
¤      Tombs and rows of megaliths

Zbigniew Bukowski _The development of societies in_
_Central Europe_
¤      Important production centres
¤      Development of settled societies
¤      Development of a tumulus culture
¤      From urnfield burials to Early Iron Age burial
       mounds
¤      Woodland and steppe areas of Eastern
       Europe
¤      The Iron Age - developing a new technology

Renato Peroni _Bows headed west, in search of ore_
¤      Encounters with strangers from the North
¤      Sardinia, an important staging post
¤      The exchange of technical know-how
¤      Incursions of the Sea Peoples

Marisa Marthari. _The Aegean: homeland of the first great_
_civilisations in Europe_
¤      The emergence of proto-urban communities
       (c.3000-2000 BC)
¤      Palaces in Crete and the Minoen
       "thalassocracy" (c.2000-1450 BC)
¤      The emergence and expansion of the Greek
       Mycenaean power (c.1600-1000 BC)

Francis Pryor _Bronze Age kids_
¤      Nettle puree


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