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Insignia of power
Author(s) -
Adrienne C. Frie
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
documenta praehistorica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1854-2492
pISSN - 1408-967X
DOI - 10.4312/dp.45.13
Subject(s) - prestige , hierarchy , bronze age , elite , power (physics) , bronze , history , social hierarchy , art , ancient history , geography , anthropology , ethnology , sociology , philosophy , political science , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , law
Bird symbolism in the Dolenjska Hallstatt culture had strong associations with ritual and hierarchy, as demonstrated by bird imagery on insignia of power such as bronze vessels, wagons, and sceptres. The elaboration of such items with birds may have elevated items of prestige to items of ritual potency, highlighting the sacred and worldly power of the elite males with whom these items were associated. Avian depictions on bronze vessels, sceptres, and wagons with important cosmological and ritual associations indicate that birds were deeply entangled in presentations of status, particularly those that blurred the lines between the secular and sacred realms.

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