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In Austrvegr.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2018.
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| Colección: | Northern World Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; In Austrvegr: The Role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age Communication across the Baltic Sea; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Figures, Table and Diagrams; List of Abbreviations; 1 Viking Age Cultural Contacts across the Baltic Sea: Behind the Interpretations; 1.1 The Evolutionary Development Model; 1.2 Eastern Baltic Achaeology and Concepts of Different Cultural Impacts; 1.2.1 Germanic "Culture Carriers" and the Gothic Theory; 1.2.2 Discussing Ethnicities within the Eastern Baltic; 1.2.3 Eastern Influences
- The Russian Question.
- 1.2.4 Ideas of Scandinavian Impact1.3 The Character of Communications across the Baltic Sea; 1.3.1 Viking Age Trade in Northern Europe; 1.3.2 Trade or War? The Character of Viking Age Overseas Interaction; 1.3.3 Ethnic Factors in East-West Overseas Interaction; 1.3.4 Interpreting the "Scandinavian" in Archaeological Evidence; 1.4 Conclusions; 2 Clan-Based Collectivists or Hierarchical Individualists? Late Prehistoric Societies in the Eastern Baltic; 2.1 Finland; 2.2 Estonia; 2.2.1 From Egalitarian Society to Deep Social Stratification; 2.2.2 Clan Societies with Corporate Power Structures.
- 2.3 Latvia and Lithuania2.3.1 Latgallian Society; 2.3.2 The Livs; 2.3.3 Couronia
- The Land of Different Ethnicities; 2.3.4 Military Societies in Late Prehistoric Latvia; 2.3.5 Central Baltic Lands
- Semgallia, Zhemaitia, and Selonia; 2.3.6 The Rest of Inland Lithuania; 2.4 Prussia; 2.5 Comparing Social Systems in Different Regions in the Eastern Baltic; 2.5.1 Collectivism versus Individuality; 2.5.2 Weapons and Warriors; 2.5.3 Gender Relations; 2.5.3.1 Weapons in Female Graves; 2.5.3.2 Matrilineality Written in Legislation?; 2.6 Conclusions.
- 3 Making Trade: Cultural Landscapes and Communication Routes3.1 Maritime Landscapes in Countries around the Baltic; 3.1.1 Appearance of Harbour Sites; 3.1.2 Viking Age Maritime Landscapes; 3.1.3 Movement of Harbours in the 11th-12th Centuries; 3.2 Long-distance Trade Routes through the Eastern Baltic; 3.2.1 Austrvegr
- The Way to the Volga; 3.2.2 The Daugava Way; 3.2.3 The "Route from the Varangians to the Greeks"; 3.2.4 Alternative Route through Pskov and Polotsk; 3.2.5 Alternative Route through Central Estonian River and Wetland Systems.
- 3.2.6 Routes along Latvian and Lithuanian Medium-sized Rivers3.2.7 The Amber Way and the Route along the Nemunas (Memel) River; 3.3 Travelling along Viking Age Routes; 3.3.1 Winter and Early Spring Routes; 3.3.2 Choosing the Means of Travel; 3.3.3 Near the Coast and at Open Sea; 3.3.4 On Inland Waters; 3.4 Points in Communication; 3.4.1 Early Urban Centres in the Eastern Baltic Lands; 3.4.2 Settlements with Hill-forts and Hill-forts as Trade Centres; 3.4.3 Harbour Sites and Possible Trade Centres; 3.5 Different Modes of Communication in the Eastern Baltic.