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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797187103321

Autore

Price T. Douglas (Theron Douglas)

Titolo

Ancient Scandinavia : an archaeological history from the first humans to the Vikings / / T. Douglas Price

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-023199-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 p.)

Classificazione

HIS044000

Disciplina

936.8

Soggetti

Prehistoric peoples - Scandinavia

Antiquities, Prehistoric - Scandinavia

Social archaeology - Scandinavia

Scandinavia Antiquities

Scandinavia History To 1397

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Lisbjerg Skole, Denmark""

Sommario/riassunto

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 portrai