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Kools, Sander (2013)

The Apulo-Corinthian Helmet: A south-east Italic helmet type

Bachelor thesis | Archeologie (BA)

This thesis has the subject of the Apulo-Corinthian Helmet, a south-east Italian helmet type and what it can say about the culture in which it was used. After establishing what an apulo-Corinthian helmet exactly is and which Type’s there are, I went on and found out that we can also order these helmets by Groups that were made by the same craftsman. After this I investigated the spreading, which very clearly pointed out Apulia was the region were these helmets originate from. Then I explained that to helmets with a known context were all from tombs, some very rich, some of them poorer than other graves of their time, but most of the tombs had the same objects within them; military equipment, metal vessels, Lucanian, Campanian and local pottery, and some had Attic pottery. In the conclusion I answered the research questions, Where, when and in which contexts do these helmets occur? And What is the meaning of this type helmet in these contexts and what does this meaning of the helmets...Show moreThis thesis has the subject of the Apulo-Corinthian Helmet, a south-east Italian helmet type and what it can say about the culture in which it was used. After establishing what an apulo-Corinthian helmet exactly is and which Type’s there are, I went on and found out that we can also order these helmets by Groups that were made by the same craftsman. After this I investigated the spreading, which very clearly pointed out Apulia was the region were these helmets originate from. Then I explained that to helmets with a known context were all from tombs, some very rich, some of them poorer than other graves of their time, but most of the tombs had the same objects within them; military equipment, metal vessels, Lucanian, Campanian and local pottery, and some had Attic pottery. In the conclusion I answered the research questions, Where, when and in which contexts do these helmets occur? And What is the meaning of this type helmet in these contexts and what does this meaning of the helmets say about the cultural character of Apulia between the end of the 6th and the end of the 4th century B.C.?Show less

Apulia

helmet

helmets

Apulian

Corinthian

warrior

tombs

bronze

Apulo-Corinthian

panoply

Author

Kools, Sander

Faculty

Faculty of Archaeology

Specialisation

BA Archeologie van de Klassieke Wereld

Supervisors

Versluys, Miguel John

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en