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title: Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7523/late-bronze-age-iberian-bowls/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7523.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7523.jpg)

## Image Caption

These bowls are from the Late [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/) settlement of Axtroki (Bolibar, Excoriatza, Guipúzcoa), Spain and are made from pure [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/). When they were found, one bowl was inside the other. It has recently been suggested that these pieces and the one found in Rianxo, near the Arosa Estuary in Galicia, were probably ceremonial helmets or caps, worn at an act of worship or special ritual. In keeping with this hypothesis, the decorative motifs are thought to be solar symbols. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, November 01). Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7523/late-bronze-age-iberian-bowls/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 01, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7523/late-bronze-age-iberian-bowls/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Late Bronze Age Iberian Bowls." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Nov 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7523/late-bronze-age-iberian-bowls/>.

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