Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age

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 -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thurston, Tina L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical, Archaelogical, and Historic Background
  • The Secondary State in South Scandinavia
  • A Multidisciplinary Study of the State
  • Prestate Denmark
  • Social, Political, and Economic Change in the Viking Age
  • The Viking Age in Denmark
  • Social Classes in the Viking Age
  • Landscapes of Power and Landscapes of Conflict
  • Power and Force: Courses Toward State Integration
  • Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes in Southeast Scania
  • Place, Space, and Experience in Iron Age Communities
  • Conclusions