irish_eba_halberd_function_and_context

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1、TheEarlyBronzeAgeHalberdinIrelandFunctionandContextRonanO’Flaherty2002ACONSIDERATIONOFTHEEARLYBRONZEAGEHALBERDINIRELANDFunctionandContextbyRonanO’Flaherty,M.A.athesissubmittedinfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofPhDUNIVERSITYCOLLEGEDUBLIN2002Supervisors:Prof

2、essorBarryRafteryandDr.JoannaBrückDEPARTMENTOFARCHAEOLOGYFACULTYOFARTSVolume1of2TableofContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1CHAPTER1TheEarlyBronzeAgehalberd:ahistoryofresearch5CHAPTER2RegionsandTypologies-anoverviewofhalberdsinEurope24CHAPTER3AcloseuplookatIrishhal

3、berds-Part1:theblade82CHAPTER4AcloseuplookatIrishhalberds-Part2:rivetsandrivetholes124CHAPTER5Meetingswithremarkablehalberds159CHAPTER6Context,DistributionandAssociations176CHAPTER7ContemporaryImagesofHalberds:RockArt,Stelae-StatuaryandMiniatures232CHAPTER8Mining,m

4、akingandmetallography293CHAPTER9Functionality:makingandusingareplicahalberd;historicalandethnographicparallels;combatintheEarlyBronzeAge329CHAPTER10QuestionsofTimeandSpace372CHAPTER11Conclusions403BibliographyVolume2Appendix1Findscatalogue1Appendix2Preliminarylisti

5、ngofIberianhalberds137Appendix3listofallIrishhalberdswheredetailsoffind-contextknown141Appendix4Comparisonofprofilesofproposedsibling-halberds149ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIowealargedebtofgratitudetoagreatmanypeople.Firstly,ImustexpressmydeepappreciationtomysupervisorsProfess

6、orBarryRafteryandDrJoBruck,andwithveryspecialthankstoJoforhermeticulousexaminationofmyvariousdraftsandforhernumerous,insightfulcomments.BothProfessorsRafteryandCooney,whileHeadsoftheDepartment,haveconsistentlyencouragedmeinmyresearchandhavebeenextremelyflexibleandu

7、nderstanding.IwouldalsoliketoacknowledgethekindnessandinterestoftheformerHead,ProfessorGeorgeEoganandofDrRhodaKavanaghwhohasneveracceptedthatIrishhalberdscouldnothavebeenused.ThemanydebatesandseminarsorganisedbytheDepartmentforitsPhDstudentshelpedhugelyandIwouldlik

8、etopaytributetoDrMuirisO'Sullivanandtosayhowmuchtheeffortheputintotheseonourbehalfwasappreciated.Iowemuchtomanyothers:myfriendsandformercolleague