Amber as Jewellery, Status Symbol and Work of Art

• Authors: Bouzek Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents a Late Archaic Italic amber head from the collections of the National Museum in Prague, with some brief notes on the amber routes, and role of amber in exchange of keimelia, wedding gifts and antidorons. The studied head is compared with stylistic particularities of heads and figurines, from fine Ionian oeuvres to cruder Italic and Etruscan varieties.

Keywords

EN

Amber; trade; beads; heads and figurines

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-18

Contributors

author

Bouzek Jan

• Institute of Classical Archaeology Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague