Controlling colours : function and meaning of colour in the British Iron Age / / Marlies Hoecherl.

• Author: Hoecherl, Marlies.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 147 p.) :; ill.

Colour defines our material world, operates as a communication tool and creates meaning. But despite the wealth of colour present in British Iron Age archaeology, interpretative studies have concentrated mostly on the shape of material objects and their decoration, with at best fleeting references t...

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
• 3. Theoretical Aspects of Colour
• 4. Colour and Creation - Colour Implications in Metalworking
• 5. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Chalk in the British Iron Age
• 6. Weaving with Light - Luminosity and Brilliance in the British Iron Age
• 7. The Power of Blood - Decorated Metal Ware
• 8. Yellow Stars and Red Journeys - Colour, Iconography and Cosmologies
• 9. Black White and Red - Colours of Death
• 10. Transforming Skin - Body Decoration in the British Iron Age
• 11. Conclusion
• Illustrations
• Bibliography
• Appendix 1: Sites
• Appendix 2: Artefacts
• Appendix 3: Human Remains
• Appendix 4: Classical Sources for Body Decoration.