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Autore |
Price T. Douglas (Theron Douglas) |
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Ancient Scandinavia : an archaeological history from the first humans to the Vikings / / T. Douglas Price |
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Oxford, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (521 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prehistoric peoples - Scandinavia |
Antiquities, Prehistoric - Scandinavia |
Social archaeology - Scandinavia |
Scandinavia Antiquities |
Scandinavia History To 1397 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Lisbjerg Skole, Denmark"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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