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 BAR S1764 2008: Du couteau au sabre / From Knife to Sabre Armes traditionnelles d’Afrique 2 / Traditional Arms of Africa 2 by Tristan Arbousse Bastide. ISBN 9781407302539. £33.00. 63 pages; 160 figures, maps, plans and drawings. Text in French and English.
In this second volume dedicated to the study of African edged weapons (see BAR 1098, 2003 for volume 1), the author focuses on short-knives, cutlasses, chopping-knives,machetes, and sabres. These weapons are characterized by a blade with a convex or eventually a straight single edge and sometimes a limited false edge. Also included in this study are weapons with a curved double cutting edge. The typology presents five main categories, the distinctions between them being established according to morphological and metrical evidence based on the observation of 275 weapons. These weapons, collected during the colonial era (mainly at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century), are held by various European museums and private collections. Several areas in Africa are represented in this study: Northern Africa (from Morocco to Tunisia), Western Africa (countries from the Gulf of Guinea and Sahara), Central Africa (mainly the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries), Eastern Africa (the Great Lakes area up to Djibouti, Sudan as a northern limit and Kenya as a southern limit). The categories studied are: short knives, cutlasses, chopping knives, ‘machetes’, and sabers. The work is illustrated with the author’s own highly-detailed drawings.
BAR S1345 2005: Les structures d'habitat enclos de la Protohistoire du Japon (période de Yayoi 350BC-300AD) by Tristan Arbousse Bastide. ISBN 184171691X. £36.00. 278 pages; 206 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs. Gazetteer, Glossary. In French with English abstracts.
Several hundred enclosed protohistorical settlements have been discovered in Japan since the 1950s. They date mainly from the Yayoi period (350 BC to 300 AD) and the early Kofun period (300 to 700 AD). These sites can be interpreted as the remains of rural settlements. In this volume the author develops a detailed analysis of these sites using his experience of the study of similar sites in south-western England and north-western France. Distribution maps drawn at a general, regional and local scale reveal the keys of territorial development during protohistory. The archaeological evidences found inside the enclosures allows various interpretations of the role of these communities in the society of Yayoi period. In situ architectural reconstitution of protohistorical building architecture suggests structural links with Japanese mediaeval classical architecture. The author also describes other protohistorical enclosed settlements in continental eastern Asia and this enlarges the general research. The work concludes with a detailed comparison of protohistorical enclosed settlements in Japan and north-western France and south-western England.
BAR S1098 2003: Armes traditionnelles d’Afrique (dagues, poignards, glaives, épées, tranchets et couperets Approche régionale et classification technique, morphologique et esthétique by Tristan Arbousse Bastide. ISBN 1841714763. £36.00. 203 pages; 233 illustrations, tables, maps, drawings.
The author presents here a survey of over 500 examples, in 6 categories, of African traditional weapons including knives, daggers, long and short, swords, lances and throwing weapons. The items, from various contexts and regions, have full commentaries and are carefully drawn, including sheaths and scabbards where applicable. Examples from most of the leading collections are featured. Each chapter ends with a detailed typological and comparative analysis, and catalogue by weapon category.
BAR S885 2000: Une approche des enclos du nord de la Bretagne Analyse et comparaison des sites protohistoriques by Tristan Arbousse Bastide. ISBN 1841710857. £27.00. 89 pages, 63 figures, maps, plans and charts.
This work, in nine chapters, is a retrospective analysis of ditched rural structures (dating from Prehistoric to Gallo-Roman times) which have been traced since 1975 by aerial surveys over northern Brittany. As well as detailing aerial surveying techniques and archaeology, the study serves also as a comparative framework for similar structures located on both sides of the Channel. Aerial observation is particularly valuable as a means of detecting such remains, and this volume presents a detailed analysis of sites, combining text, graphics and statistics with numerous maps of the areas under study.
BAR S847 2000: Les structures de l’habitat rural protohistorique dans le sud-ouest de l’Angleterre et le nord-ouest de la France by Tristan Arbousse Bastide. ISBN 1841710512. £42.00. 374 pages, 231 illustrations.
This book presents an inventory and a detailed analysis of protohistorical settlements from south-western England and north-western France. The sites are classified and statistically compared according to their shape. Important questions concerning landscape organisation during protohistory in England and France are approached. Chronologically nearly ten centuries are considered, from the end of the Bronze Age to he beginning of Roman occupation. The analysis establishes close relationships between sites and similar ways of living.
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