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The Dead with Golden Faces. II Other Evidence and Connections
Author(s) -
Theodossiev Nikola
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0092.00106
Subject(s) - iconography , ethnic group , politics , ethnically diverse , history , archaeology , ethnology , anthropology , geography , genealogy , ancient history , sociology , political science , law
In this second part of this paper I extend the study of the regions where gold funeral masks were widespread in the late 6th–early 5th centuries BC. The broader cultural and historical contexts give the opportunity to understand more clearly the ethnic situation in these northern Balkan lands and the political development of the local tribal communities. The cultural interrelations between ethnically different people in this territory are studied as well, while the iconography of the local metalwork allows some religious concepts to be considered.