Title Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe / Ian Armit.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index.
Contents	1. Detached fragments of humanity -- 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity? -- 3. Shamans on the march -- 4. Pillars, heads, and corn -- 5. Neither this world, nor the next -- 6. From the dead to the living -- 7. Gods and monsters -- 8. Bodies of belief.
Summary	"This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation, and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Headhunters -- Europe.
	Headhunters.
	Europe.
	Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- Europe.
	Human body -- Symbolic aspects.
	Human remains (Archaeology) -- Europe.
	Human remains (Archaeology)
	Rites and ceremonies -- Europe.
	Rites and ceremonies.
	Violence -- Europe.
	Violence.
	Iron age -- Europe.
	Iron age.
	Europe -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	Europe -- Religious life and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Armit, Ian. Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521877565 (DLC) 2011032287 (OCoLC)747947266
ISBN	9781139338318 (electronic book)
	1139338315 (electronic book)
	9781139336574 (electronic book)
	1139336576 (electronic book)
	9781139016971
	1139016970
	9780521877565 (hardback)
	0521877563 (hardback)
Standard No.	9786613571793