Iapodes. Unknown people. Collections of the Zagreb Archaeological Museum - Poble desconegut. Collections of the Zagreb archaeological museum.
| N° d'inventaire | 18715 |
| Format | 22 x 28 |
| Détails | 206 p., color and black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Montpellier, 2014 |
| Etat | Nine |
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Who are the Iapodes, this ancient people from the 1st millennium BC, living in the mountainous regions of present-day Croatia? Beyond simple ethnic qualifiers, archaeological discoveries made in Croatia since the 19th century now provide a precise picture of this population described by ancient authors as a mixture of Celts and Illyrians. The Iapodes did not write their own history, so it is up to archaeologists to give it back to them. Their civilization was characterized by a habitat within fortified cities built on high sites, by an economy based on agriculture and livestock breeding, and by the presence of large necropolises. This catalog presents the state of research on this people, from their origins to the Roman conquest by Octavian and brings together, for the first time, 200 sumptuous objects made of glass, amber, and bronze, allowing us to discover the material culture of this ancient civilization.
Who are the Iapodes, this ancient people from the 1st millennium BC, living in the mountainous regions of present-day Croatia? Beyond simple ethnic qualifiers, archaeological discoveries made in Croatia since the 19th century now provide a precise picture of this population described by ancient authors as a mixture of Celts and Illyrians. The Iapodes did not write their own history, so it is up to archaeologists to give it back to them. Their civilization was characterized by a habitat within fortified cities built on high sites, by an economy based on agriculture and livestock breeding, and by the presence of large necropolises. This catalog presents the state of research on this people, from their origins to the Roman conquest by Octavian and brings together, for the first time, 200 sumptuous objects made of glass, amber, and bronze, allowing us to discover the material culture of this ancient civilization.