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Roman Reflections: Iron Age to Viking Age in Northern Europe
Klavs Randsborg
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Description for Roman Reflections: Iron Age to Viking Age in Northern Europe
Hardback. Series: Debates in Archaeology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; HDD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
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 – best known for its so-called ‘bog bodies’ – 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 second essay challenges traditionally ... Read more
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 – best known for its so-called ‘bog bodies’ – 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 second essay challenges traditionally ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Debates in Archaeology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472579539
SKU
V9781472579539
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About Klavs Randsborg
Klavs Randsborg is Professor of Archaeology at the SAXO-Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He edits the international journal Acta Archaeologica and his many publications include Bronze Age Textiles: Men, Women and Wealth (2011) and The Anatomy of Denmark: Archaeology and History from the Ice Age to AD 2000 (2009).
Reviews for Roman Reflections: Iron Age to Viking Age in Northern Europe
An imaginative analysis of the complex relationships that existed between the Rome empire and the peoples beyond its northern periphery, with a special focus on how Rome affected the conceptual, physical, and topographical worlds in which they [the peoples beyond its northern periphery] lived.
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