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Autore |
Rowley-Conwy P |
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Titolo |
From genesis to prehistory : the archaeological three age system and its contested reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland / / Peter Rowley Conwy |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-191743-5 |
1-281-15010-X |
9786611150105 |
0-19-152782-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (383 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prehistoric peoples - Denmark |
Prehistoric peoples - Great Britain |
Prehistoric peoples - Ireland |
Antiquities, Prehistoric - Denmark |
Antiquities, Prehistoric - Great Britain |
Antiquities, Prehistoric - Ireland |
Denmark Antiquities |
Great Britain Antiquities |
Ireland Antiquities |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2007. |
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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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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Chronologies in Conflict; 2. The Construction of Prehistory: Copenhagen to 1836; 3. The Three Age System as Predator: Copenhagen and Lund 1836-1850; 4. The Disinterested Gentlemen: England to 1860; 5. Scotland: The Creation of a Nation's Prehistory; 6. Ireland: Realm of the Four Masters; 7. Fighting it Through: England 1860-1880; 8. Aftermath; APPENDICES; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The now familiar Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830's. Rowley-Conwy investigates the reasons why the system |
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