Author: Theron Douglas Price
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190231971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Although occupied only relatively briefly in the long span of world prehistory, Scandinavia is an extraordinary laboratory for investigating past human societies. The area was essentially unoccupied until the end of the last Ice Age when the melting of huge ice sheets left behind a fresh, barren land surface, which was eventually covered by flora and fauna. The first humans did not arrive until sometime after 13,500 BCE. The prehistoric remains of human activity in Scandinavia - much of it remarkably preserved in its bogs, lakes, and fjords - have given archaeologists a richly detailed portrait of the evolution of human society. In this book, Doug Price provides an archaeological history of Scandinavia-a land mass comprising the modern countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway-from the arrival of the first humans after the last Ice Age to the end of the Viking period, ca. AD 1050. Constructed similarly to the author's previous book, Europe before Rome, Ancient Scandinaviaprovides overviews of each prehistoric epoch followed by detailed, illustrative examples from the archaeological record. An engrossing and comprehensive picture emerges of change across the millennia, as human society evolves from small bands of hunter - gatherers to large farming communities to the complex warrior cultures of the Bronze and Iron Ages, which culminated in the spectacular rise of the Vikings. The material evidence of these past societies - arrowheads from reindeer hunts, megalithic tombs, rock art, beautifully wrought weaponry, Viking warships - give vivid testimony to the ancient humans who once called home this often unforgiving edge of the inhabitable world.
Ancient Scandinavia
Author: Theron Douglas Price
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190231971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Although occupied only relatively briefly in the long span of world prehistory, Scandinavia is an extraordinary laboratory for investigating past human societies. The area was essentially unoccupied until the end of the last Ice Age when the melting of huge ice sheets left behind a fresh, barren land surface, which was eventually covered by flora and fauna. The first humans did not arrive until sometime after 13,500 BCE. The prehistoric remains of human activity in Scandinavia - much of it remarkably preserved in its bogs, lakes, and fjords - have given archaeologists a richly detailed portrait of the evolution of human society. In this book, Doug Price provides an archaeological history of Scandinavia-a land mass comprising the modern countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway-from the arrival of the first humans after the last Ice Age to the end of the Viking period, ca. AD 1050. Constructed similarly to the author's previous book, Europe before Rome, Ancient Scandinaviaprovides overviews of each prehistoric epoch followed by detailed, illustrative examples from the archaeological record. An engrossing and comprehensive picture emerges of change across the millennia, as human society evolves from small bands of hunter - gatherers to large farming communities to the complex warrior cultures of the Bronze and Iron Ages, which culminated in the spectacular rise of the Vikings. The material evidence of these past societies - arrowheads from reindeer hunts, megalithic tombs, rock art, beautifully wrought weaponry, Viking warships - give vivid testimony to the ancient humans who once called home this often unforgiving edge of the inhabitable world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190231971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Although occupied only relatively briefly in the long span of world prehistory, Scandinavia is an extraordinary laboratory for investigating past human societies. The area was essentially unoccupied until the end of the last Ice Age when the melting of huge ice sheets left behind a fresh, barren land surface, which was eventually covered by flora and fauna. The first humans did not arrive until sometime after 13,500 BCE. The prehistoric remains of human activity in Scandinavia - much of it remarkably preserved in its bogs, lakes, and fjords - have given archaeologists a richly detailed portrait of the evolution of human society. In this book, Doug Price provides an archaeological history of Scandinavia-a land mass comprising the modern countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway-from the arrival of the first humans after the last Ice Age to the end of the Viking period, ca. AD 1050. Constructed similarly to the author's previous book, Europe before Rome, Ancient Scandinaviaprovides overviews of each prehistoric epoch followed by detailed, illustrative examples from the archaeological record. An engrossing and comprehensive picture emerges of change across the millennia, as human society evolves from small bands of hunter - gatherers to large farming communities to the complex warrior cultures of the Bronze and Iron Ages, which culminated in the spectacular rise of the Vikings. The material evidence of these past societies - arrowheads from reindeer hunts, megalithic tombs, rock art, beautifully wrought weaponry, Viking warships - give vivid testimony to the ancient humans who once called home this often unforgiving edge of the inhabitable world.
The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
Author: Sir William Alexander Craigie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Norse
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mythology, Norse
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia
Author: Varg Vikernes
Publisher: Abstract Sounds Books Limited
ISBN: 9780956695932
Category : Mythology, Norse
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book is written as an attempt to describe the traditions and beliefs of the Ancient Europeans" -- p. 6.
Publisher: Abstract Sounds Books Limited
ISBN: 9780956695932
Category : Mythology, Norse
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This book is written as an attempt to describe the traditions and beliefs of the Ancient Europeans" -- p. 6.
Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern
Author: Andrew Crichton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern; Being a History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; Comprehending a Description of These Countries ...
Author: Andrew Crichton (Historian.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern
Author: Andrew Crichton
Publisher:
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Category : Scandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern; Being a History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
Author: Andrew Crichton
Publisher:
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Category : Scandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern
Myth and Religion of the North
Author: Gabriel Turville-Petre
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age
Author: Mary Wilhelmine Williams
Publisher:
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Category : Escandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Escandinavia
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description