Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Current Swedish Archaeology
Author: Current Swedish Archaeology
Author: Svenska arkeologiska samfundetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Approaches to Swedish Prehistory
Author: Thomas B. LarssonPublisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This collection of essays on a spectrum of problems and perspectives in contemporary research aims to inform the archaeological world about what is going on in Swedish archaeological research at the time. The range is wide: from Mesolithic to Viking, from artefact studies to settlement and burials, from social theory to paleobotanical analyses. 21 papers.
Archaeology of Touchstones
Author: Martin JežekPublisher:
ISBN: 9789088905193
Category : Birka Site (Sweden)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Did ancient Europeans truly believe in an active after-life, as modern Europeans would like to think they did? What purpose did grave-goods actually serve? Are archaeology and the historical sciences in general able to shed, once and for all, a curse placed upon them at their inception as research disciplines in the early nineteenth century? Searching for answers to these questions is the aim of this book which has been written on the basis of widely spread, typical components of grave-goods. For the last two centuries, they have been interpreted incorrectly, because of being aligned with archaeologists' ideas about the spiritual world of the society in question.0The book introduces a recently discovered phenomenon that accompanied mankind from his discovery of the uses of metal all the way through to the Middle Ages - that is the importance of touchstones, tools used to determine the nature and test the nature and value of non-ferrous metals. Of the hundreds of thousands of such finds, which have most often been regarded as 'whetstones', the author has made a selection of specimens that cast light on the role of touchstones in the culture of ancient societies, especially in the burial ritual.
Medieval Archaeology
Author: Pamela CrabtreePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113558298X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This is the first reference work to cover the archaeology of medieval Europe. No other reference can claim such comprehensive coverage--from Ireland to Russia and from Scandinavia to Italy, the archaeology of the entirety of medieval Europe is discussed.
Current Swedish Archaeology
Author: Swedish Archaeology
Author: Svenska arkeologiska samfundetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Art and Archaeology
Author: The Agrarian History of Sweden
Author: Janken MyrdalPublisher: Nordic Academic Press
ISBN: 9187121107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Comprehensive and concise, this account details the agrarian history of Sweden - as it is defined by its present national borders - from the Neolithic times to present day. Key historical concepts and events are discussed, including the introduction of planned agriculture alongside the domestication of animals; the feudal relationships and interactions between men and women, various age groups, and different social classes during the Middle Ages; the changes brought about by industrialism and the development of political democracy; the effects of World Wars I and II; and Sweden's inclusion in the European Union in 1995. This study also examines the interdependence between agriculture and other industries as well as the relationship between agriculture and politics on a local, regional, national, and international level.
Archaeology, history and biosciences
Author: Susanne Brather-WalterPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110614170
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
New scientific methods offer new insights in the past. Promising opportunities for archaeology and historiography are confronted with the challenges of interdisciplinary cooperation between the sciences and the humanities. This volume presents contributions by European researchers, arranged in four sections: fundamental questions of archaeology and biosciences, migrations, transformations, and social structures.