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Armorican axe
[Ar].
[Ar].
Rather plain and shoddily made type of socketed bronze axe produced in the period 600–650 bc at the very end of the Bronze Age of northern France (Hallstatt II). Mostly found in large hoards, in which few examples appear to have been finished or used. This has led to the suggestion that they were somehow connected with emergency trade in metal rather than finished products.
Armorican coins
[Ar].
[Ar].
Collective name for coinage issued by a range of tribes living in Brittany during the early 1st century
bc
, including the Coriosolites, Baiocasses, Redones, Unelli, and Osismii.
bc
, including the Coriosolites, Baiocasses, Redones, Unelli, and Osismii.
Armorico-British dagger
[Ar].
[Ar].
Type of bronze dagger found in the
WESSEX I
Phase of the early Bronze Age (
c.
1700–1500 bc) in southern Britain which has similarities with examples from Brittany. It has a flat triangular blade, lateral grooves, and six rivets for attaching the blade to the hilt. Sometimes a small tang or languette is present to assist securing the blade to the hilt. Traces of wooden and leather sheaths have been found with some blades; the hilts were probably of wood and in the case of an example found in the Bush Barrow, Wiltshire, were inlaid with gold tacks.
WESSEX I
Phase of the early Bronze Age (
c.
1700–1500 bc) in southern Britain which has similarities with examples from Brittany. It has a flat triangular blade, lateral grooves, and six rivets for attaching the blade to the hilt. Sometimes a small tang or languette is present to assist securing the blade to the hilt. Traces of wooden and leather sheaths have been found with some blades; the hilts were probably of wood and in the case of an example found in the Bush Barrow, Wiltshire, were inlaid with gold tacks.
ARPA
[Ab].
[Ab].
Arras Culture
[CP].
[CP].
Middle and later Iron Age culture in eastern Yorkshire, distinguished by its use of square-ditched as well as circular-ditched barrows, and among richer graves the practice of burying a two-wheeled cart with the dead, reminiscent of the funerary practices of earlier La Tène groups in Champagne. While it is generally agreed that the culture reflects an intrusive movement from across the Channel, the chronology and exact region of its origins are debatable. The later Iron Age tribe in the region was known to the Romans as the
PARISI
.
PARISI
.
Arretine ware
[Ar].
[Ar].
Red-coloured pottery with a glossy surface produced between the 1st century
bc
and the mid 1st century
ad
at Arretium (modern Arezzo) in Tuscany, Italy. The forms of the vessels are copies of metal prototypes; some are highly decorated. This ware was traded throughout the Roman empire of the time, and sometimes beyond.
bc
and the mid 1st century
ad
at Arretium (modern Arezzo) in Tuscany, Italy. The forms of the vessels are copies of metal prototypes; some are highly decorated. This ware was traded throughout the Roman empire of the time, and sometimes beyond.
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