An Archaeology of Images: Iconology and Cosmology in Iron Age and Roman Europe

Using archaeology and social anthropology, and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs, An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400 and investigates the various meanings with which images may have been imbued.

The book challenges the usual interpretation of statues, reliefs and figurines as passive things to be looked at or worshipped, and reveals them inste...