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Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age
Tina L. Thurston
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Description for Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age
hardcover. Attempts to blend traditional empirical, objective archaeological analysis with the study of changing patterns of landscapes, people and places and the relationships between them. The author focuses on late Iron Age southern Scandinavia through to early medieval polity of Denmark. Series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3B; 3D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1530.
Tina Thurston’s Landscapes of Power; Landscapes of Conflict is a thi- generation processual analysis of sociopolitical evolution during the Iron Age in southern Scandinavia. Several red flags seem to be raised at once. Are not archaeologists now postprocessual, using new interpretive approaches to - derstand human history? Is not evolution a discredited concept in which - cieties are arbitrarily arranged along a unilinear scheme? Should not modern approaches be profoundly historical and agent-centered? In any event, were not Scandinavians the ultimate barbarian Vikings parasitizing the complex civilized world of southern and central Europe? Tina Thurston’s book focuses our attention on ... Read more
Tina Thurston’s Landscapes of Power; Landscapes of Conflict is a thi- generation processual analysis of sociopolitical evolution during the Iron Age in southern Scandinavia. Several red flags seem to be raised at once. Are not archaeologists now postprocessual, using new interpretive approaches to - derstand human history? Is not evolution a discredited concept in which - cieties are arbitrarily arranged along a unilinear scheme? Should not modern approaches be profoundly historical and agent-centered? In any event, were not Scandinavians the ultimate barbarian Vikings parasitizing the complex civilized world of southern and central Europe? Tina Thurston’s book focuses our attention on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Series
Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306463204
SKU
V9780306463204
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Reviews for Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age
`...most innovative book-length treatment...provides one of the best current examples of the value of the sort of landscape-focused syncretism of processual and postprocessual approaches. ...clearly and effectively written, the illustrations are excellent and the bibliography is particularly valuable for those wanting more on recent Scandinavian archaeology. ...I would urge all interested in state formation, ... Read more