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ARMIT I., Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2012, 272 p.Across Iron Age Europe the human head carried symbolic associations with power, fertility status, gender, and more. Evidence for the removal, curation and display of heads ranges from classical literary references to iconography and skeletal remains. Traditionally, this material has been associated with a Europe-wide 'head-cult', and used to support the idea of a unified Celtic culture in prehistory. This book demonstrates instead how headhunting and head-veneration were practised across a range of diverse and fragmented Iron Age societies. Using case studies from France, Britain and elsewhere, it explores the complex and subtle relationships between power, religion, warfare and violence in Iron Age Europe.Source : http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139016971&#160;&#160;Table des matièresFrontmatter (pp. i-v)Contents (pp. vii-vii)Disponible au format PDFIllustrations and tables (pp. viii-x)Acknowledgements (pp. xi-xii)Chapter 1 - Detached fragments of humanity (pp. 1-17)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 2 - A remarkable spiritual continuity? (pp. 18-44)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 3 - Shamans on the march (pp. 45-68)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 4 - Pillars, heads, and corn (pp. 69-119)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 5 - Neither this world, nor the next (pp. 120-163)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 6 - From the dead to the living (pp. 164-203)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 7 - Gods and monsters (pp. 204-221)1ère page disponible en ligneChapter 8 - Bodies of belief (pp. 222-226)1ère page disponible en ligneBibliography (pp. 227-254)Disponible en ligneIndex (pp. 255-259)Disponible au format PDFCertains extraits sont également disponibles sur Google Books : "https://books.google.fr/books?id=yibDmGZOeR4C&#38;printsec=frontcover&#38;hl=fr&#38;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&#38;cad=0#v=onepage&#38;q&#38;f=false"