Archaeological And Historical Aspects Of West European Societies

Author : Marc Lodewijckx
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9061867223

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Archaeological and Historical Aspects of West-European Societies by Marc Lodewijckx Pdf

The contents of this volume of essays in his honour gives a good overview of the fields in which Prof. Van Doorselaer has been active throughout his academic career. This book is especially an Album Amicorum, filled with reminiscences and intentions to continue the work. The voluminous size of this book may be considered as an adequate measure of the overall sympathy for Prof. Van Doorselaer. We hope that this publication may encourage him to remain active in the field of archaeology, and that the co-operation among colleagues, stimulated by this project, may be continued in the future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9061867223

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Archaeological and Historical Aspects of West-European Societies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Helena Hamerow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199273188

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Early Medieval Settlements by Helena Hamerow Pdf

This is an overview and synthesis of the extensive and rapidly growing body of archaeological evidence for early medieval buildings, settlements, farming, craft production, and trade among the rural communities of north-west Europe.

Author : Corrie C. Bakels,Quentin P. J. Bourgeois,David R. Fontijn,Richard Jansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Prehistoric peoples
ISBN : 9088907471

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Local Communities in the Big World of Prehistoric Northwest Europe by Corrie C. Bakels,Quentin P. J. Bourgeois,David R. Fontijn,Richard Jansen Pdf

This book is about how local communities in prehistory, by shaping their landscape, carved out a place for themselves in a big social world that stretched out far beyond the landscape they lived and worked in.

Author : Paul Graves-Brown,Siân Jones,Clive Gamble
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0415106761

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Cultural Identity and Archaeology by Paul Graves-Brown,Siân Jones,Clive Gamble Pdf

Cultural identity is a key area of debate in contemporary Europe. Despite widespread use of the past in the construction of ethnic, national and European identity, theories of cultural identity have been neglected in archaeology. Focusing on the interrelationships between concepts of cultural identity today and the interpretation of past cultural groups, Cultural Identity and Archaeology offers proactive archaeological perspectives in the debate surrounding European identities. This fascinating and thought-provoking book covers three key areas. It considers how material remains are used in the interpretation of cultural identities, for example 'pan-Celtic culture' and 'Bronze Age Europe'. Finally, it looks at archaeological evidence for the construction of cultural identities in the European past. The authors are critical of monolithic constructions of Europe, and also of the ethnic and national groups within it. in place of such exclusive cultural, political and territorial entities the book argues for a consideration of the diverse, hybrid and multiple nature of European cultural identities.

Author : Klavs Randsborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 052138401X

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The First Millennium AD in Europe and the Mediterranean by Klavs Randsborg Pdf

Modern archaeology, with its huge methodological repertoire, its interdisciplinary orientation and its rapidly expanding basis in excavations, is beginning to rewrite history, and to reshape our views of the development of Europe prior to the present millennium. Archaeological evidence draws attention to processes on which the written record is silent, or which were not fully appreciated by contemporaries in the literate centres. This book deals with the rise of medieval western Europe as the Roman Empire crumbled, and the integration of hitherto barbarian societies into the new mainstream of European society. Archaeological material is the main focus, but information derived from written sources, especially those illuminating the economic and the associated social circumstances, is also taken into account.

Author : Hugo Thoen
Publisher : Academia Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9038205783

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Archaeology in Confrontation by Hugo Thoen Pdf

This collection of papers focuses on the Provincial-Roman archaeology of Northern Gaul, Germany and Britain.

Author : Alistair Paterson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315435718

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A Millennium of Cultural Contact by Alistair Paterson Pdf

Alistair Paterson has written a comprehensive textbook detailing the millennium of cultural contact between European societies and those of the rest of the world. Beginning with the Norse intersection with indigenous peoples of Greenland, Paterson uses case studies and regional overviews to describe the various patterns by which European groups influenced, overcame, and were resisted by the populations of Africa, the Americas, East Asia, Oceania, and Australia. Based largely on the evidence of archaeology, he is able to detail the unique interactions at many specific points of contact and display the wide variations in exploration, conquest, colonization, avoidance, and resistance at various spots around the globe. Paterson’s broad, student-friendly treatment of the history and archaeology of the last millennium will be useful for courses in historical archaeology, world history, and social change.

Author : Oliver Creighton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474282178

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Early European Castles by Oliver Creighton Pdf

Medieval castles were, alongside the great cathedrals, the most recognisable buildings of the medieval world. Closely associated with concepts of justice, lordship and authority as well as military might, castles came to encapsulate the period's very essence. Looking at above and below-ground evidence and examining a wide variety of sites - from towering donjons to earth and timber castles - in different parts of western Europe, this book explores the relationship between early castle building and the emergence of a new aristocracy and investigates the impact of authority on the organisation of the landscape. A particular focus is on the social context of early private fortifications: Europe's earliest castles came to embody a new and radically different form of power – an aristocratic authority that was highly personal in nature, glaringly visible in its presence, and enforceable through violence, both threatened and real. The volume reassesses traditional models of castle origins; examines aspects of elite lifestyle in and around these structures, including pastimes and diet; considers medieval visual experiences of sites and their settings; and explores some future directions for research.

Author : Mark L. Lawall,John Lund
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788771240887

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Pottery in the Archaeological Record by Mark L. Lawall,John Lund Pdf

Archaeologist are increasingly focusing on the transformation of artifacts from their use in the past to their appearance in the archaeological record, trying to identiy the natural and cultural processes that created the archaeological record we study today. In Classical Archaeology, attention to these processes received an impetus by J. Theodore Pena's 2007 monograph, Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record, which considered how ceramic vessels were made, used and stayed in use serving various secondary purposes, before finally being discarded. Pena relied mainly on evidence from Roman Italy, which raises the question of the impact of similar cultural forces on pottery from other periods and places. His work accentuates the need to continue the process of building and developing explicit interpretive models of ceramic life-histories in Mediterranean archeology. With a view to beginning to address these challenges, the editors invited a group of specialists in the pottery of Greece and the rest of the Eastern Mediterranean to a colloquium in Athens in June 2008, asking the contributors to recondiser Pena's general models, approaches and examples from their own particular geographic and cultural perspectives. This publication constitutes the proceedings of this colloquium.

Author : Paul M. Barford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0801439779

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The Early Slavs by Paul M. Barford Pdf

The final chapter sets the early medieval developments into the perspective of the history and culture of modern Europe. A series of specially compiled maps chart the main cultural changes taking place over six centuries in this relatively unknown part of Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Antonina Harbus
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0859916251

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Helena of Britain in Medieval Legend by Antonina Harbus Pdf

St Helena, mother of Constantine the Great and legendary finder of the True Cross, was appropriated in the middle ages as a British saint. The rise and persistence of this legend harnessed Helena's imperial and sacred status to portray her as a romance heroine, source of national pride, and a legitimising link to imperial Rome. This study is the first to examine the origins, development, political exploitation and decline of this legend, tracing its momentum and adaptive power from Anglo-Saxon England to the twentieth century. Using Latin, English, and Welsh texts, as well as church dedications and visual arts, the author examines the positive effect of the British legend on the cult of St Helena and the reasons for its wide appeal and durability in both secular and religious contexts. Two previously unpublished vitae of St Helena are included in the volume: a Middle English verse vita from the South English Legendary, and a Latin prose vita by the twelfth-century hagiographer, Jocelin of Furness. Antonina Harbus is Professor in the Department of English at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Author : Brannon Wheeler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009063128

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Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam by Brannon Wheeler Pdf

Islam is the only biblical religion that still practices animal sacrifice. Indeed, every year more than a million animals are shipped to Mecca from all over the world to be slaughtered during the Muslim Hajj. This multi-disciplinary volume is the first to examine the physical foundations of this practice and the significance of the ritual. Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick description' of the elaborate camel sacrifice performed by Muhammad, which serves as the model for future Hajj sacrifices. Wheeler integrates biblical and classical Arabic sources with evidence from zooarchaeology and the rock art of ancient Arabia to gain insight into an event that reportedly occurred 1400 years ago. His book encourages a more nuanced and expansive conception of “sacrifice” in the history of religion.

Author : Neil Christie,Hajnalka Herold
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785702389

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Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe by Neil Christie,Hajnalka Herold Pdf

Twenty-three contributions by leading archaeologists from across Europe explore the varied forms, functions and significances of fortified settlements in the 8th to 10th centuries AD. These could be sites of strongly martial nature, upland retreats, monastic enclosures, rural seats, island bases, or urban nuclei. But they were all expressions of control - of states, frontiers, lands, materials, communities - and ones defined by walls, ramparts or enclosing banks. Papers run from Irish cashels to Welsh and Pictish strongholds, Saxon burhs, Viking fortresses, Byzantine castra, Carolingian creations, Venetian barricades, Slavic strongholds, and Bulgarian central places, and coverage extends fully from north-west Europe, to central Europe, the northern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Strongly informed by recent fieldwork and excavations, but drawing also where available on the documentary record, this important collection provides fully up-to-date reviews and analyses of the archaeologies of the distinctive settlement forms that characterized Europe in the Early Middle Ages.

Author : A. F. Harding
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521367298

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European Societies in the Bronze Age by A. F. Harding Pdf

The Bronze Age, roughly 2500 to 750 BC, was the last fully prehistoric period in Europe and a crucial element in the formation of the Europe that emerged into history in the later first millennium BC. This book focuses on the material culture remains of the period, and through them provides an interpretation of the main trends in human development that occurred during this timespan. It pays particular attention to the discoveries and theoretical advances of the last twenty years that have necessitated a major revision of received opinions about many aspects of the Bronze Age. Arranged thematically, it reviews the evidence for a range of topics in cross-cultural fashion, defining which major characteristics of the period were universal and which culture and area-specific. The result is a comprehensive study that will be of value to specialists and students, while remaining accessible to the non-specialist.