03154nam 22007814a 450 991082482910332120240430000829.00-19-191743-51-281-15010-X97866111501050-19-152782-3(CKB)1000000000406300(EBL)415326(OCoLC)476241737(SSID)ssj0000158766(PQKBManifestationID)11151727(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158766(PQKBWorkID)10150023(PQKB)10266518(MiAaPQ)EBC415326(StDuBDS)EDZ0002351468(Au-PeEL)EBL415326(CaPaEBR)ebr10212284(CaONFJC)MIL115010(PPN)272827088(EXLCZ)99100000000040630020070522d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFrom genesis to prehistory the archaeological three age system and its contested reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland /Peter Rowley Conwy1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (383 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2007.0-19-922774-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 was adopted without demur in Scandinavia, yet was the subject of a contest in Britain and Ireland up to the 1870's.Oxford scholarship online.Prehistoric peoplesDenmarkPrehistoric peoplesGreat BritainPrehistoric peoplesIrelandAntiquities, PrehistoricDenmarkAntiquities, PrehistoricGreat BritainAntiquities, PrehistoricIrelandDenmarkAntiquitiesGreat BritainAntiquitiesIrelandAntiquitiesPrehistoric peoplesPrehistoric peoplesPrehistoric peoplesAntiquities, PrehistoricAntiquities, PrehistoricAntiquities, Prehistoric936.3936.3Rowley-Conwy Peter1736637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824829103321From genesis to prehistory4156666UNINA