1956
DOI: 10.1017/s0079497x00017552
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An Iron Anthropoid Sword from Shouldham, Norfolk with Related Continental and British Weapons

Abstract: An iron sword of anthropoid-hilted type (pl. XXIV, 1, 3) was found in 1944 at Shouldham in West Norfolk, some five miles east of the margin of the Fens, and since 1949 has been on loan to Norwich Castle Museum. It is here published by kind permission of the owner, Mr W. R. O. Woodward. The sword was discovered while gravel was being dug in an arable field about 200 feet south-east of the site of the medieval church of St. Margaret, which fell into ruins after the Reformation. The sword was found at a depth of … Show more

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“…For example, connexions with Gallia Cisalpina brought further pure classical forms even into the area north of the Alps. In points of detail such anthropomorphic swords have a perfectly good Celtic ancestry (Clarke and Hawkes 1955). In contrast to the British Isles, however, there are in this later period no rich swords with specifically Celtic decoration.…”
Section: °mentioning
confidence: 92%
“…For example, connexions with Gallia Cisalpina brought further pure classical forms even into the area north of the Alps. In points of detail such anthropomorphic swords have a perfectly good Celtic ancestry (Clarke and Hawkes 1955). In contrast to the British Isles, however, there are in this later period no rich swords with specifically Celtic decoration.…”
Section: °mentioning
confidence: 92%
“…La Tène short swords with an anthropomorphic hilt (Figs. 2 & 3;Clarke & Hawkes 1955;Fitzpatrick 1996) 3) dating to the second quarter of the fifthcentury bc, and they continue in use over much of 'Celtic' Europe until the first century bc (and in Britain possibly into the first century ad), with modifications in the shape of the handle but a remarkably similar design and consistent size. The earliest types are relatively schematic in their representation of the human form, but this becomes more naturalistic through time, especially from the second century bc.…”
Section: La Tène Swordsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Part of the confusion, perhaps, about the functionality of the Salon dagger and other La Tène anthropoid daggers relates to a matter of vocabulary. Traditionally, these daggers have been referred to as swords or short swords (Smith 1925;Clarke & Hawkes 1955;Megaw 1970: no. 228;Petres 1979: 176;Pleiner 1993: 49-51;Fitzpatrick 1996;Cunliffe 1997: 233;Stead c. 60mm across the 'arms' (Clarke & Hawkes 1955: pl.…”
Section: ; Courtesy Of the Prehistoric Society)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similar daggers, all dated to the La Tène period -fourth to first centuries BC -have been found as far afield as Hungary and western Ireland: the number of discovered examples is unknown, although estimates have ranged from 40 to 70 (Clarke & Hawkes 1955: 205;Zeller 1980: 119-20;Drilhon & Duval 1985: 308;Pleiner 1993: 49, 69;Fitzpatrick 1996: 376). While scholarship related to these weapons has concentrated almost exclusively on typology, there remains much confusion about their functionality (Clarke & Hawkes 1955;Petres 1979: 176;Drilhon & Duval 1985: 185;Pleiner 1993: 49-51, 166;Megaw 2002: 408-411;Stead 2006: 72).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%