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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Debates in archaeology
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Debates in archaeology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Hostages and Bog Bodies New Interpretations; Introduction; Interpretations; The bog bodies; Classical antiquity; Conclusions; Bibliography; 2 The Cimbri Death · Resurrection · Death; Celts to Germans; Roman expansion; Resurrection of the Cimbri; Modern propaganda; The myth of the Goths; Bibliography; 3 Nations and Alliances The Ethnography of Tacitus' Germania; Chiefdoms once more; Germanic society according to Tacitus; Bronze Age brothers. |
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The archaeology of brotherhood and cooperationThe Danish farm; Central Europe; Conclusions; Bibliography; 4 Romans in the North Deconstruction of Names and Identities; Pytheas and Pliny; Pomponius Mela; Names and words; Tacitus' Germania; Ptolemy; The sixth century; Danes; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 5 Origins of the Danes From Tacitus to King Harald; The later Roman Empire: Procopius and Jordanes; Towards the Viking Age; Note; Bibliography; 6 Epilogue: The First Millennium AD in Denmark; Note; Index. |
| Summary |
Roman Reflections uses a series of detailed and deeply researched case studies to explore how Roman society connected with and influenced Northern Europe during the Iron and Viking Ages. In an original way, the book brings late prehistoric Denmark â€" best known for its so-called 'bog bodies' â€" into a world dominated by textual histories, principally that of Tacitus. The studies include a new examination of the bog-bodies of the late first millennium BC, a classical archaeological puzzle: men, women and children murdered yet respected in death and adorned with items of fine clothing. A seco. |
| Local Note |
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Europe, Northern -- History.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Europe, Northern.
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Romans -- Europe, Northern.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Romans |
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Northern Europe |
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History
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Print version: Randsborg, Klavs. Roman Reflections : Iron Age to Viking Age in Northern Europe. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015 9781472579539 |
| ISBN |
9781472579553 (electronic bk.) |
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1472579550 (electronic bk.) |
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9781472579539 |
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