Nordic Bronze Age Economies (Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies)

By: null Christian Horn and null Knut Ivar Austvoll and null Magnus Artursson and null Johan Ling

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Synopsis: This Element provides a multi-scalar synthesis of Nordic Bronze Age economies (1800/1700–500 BCE) that is organized around six sections: an introduction to the Nordic Bronze Age, macro-economic perspectives, defining local communities, economic interaction, conflict and alliances, political formations, and encountering Europe. Despite a unifying material culture, the Bronze Age of Scandinavia was complex and multi- layered with constantly shifting and changing networks of competitors and partners. The social structure in this highly mobile and dynamic macroregional setting was affected by subsistence economies based on agropastoralism, maritime sectors, the production of elaborate metal wealth, trade in a wide range of goods, as well as raiding and warfare. For this reason, the focus of this book is on the integration and interaction of subsistence and political economies in a comparative analyses between different local constellations within the macro-economic setting of prehistoric Europe.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781009421430
Related ISBNs:: 9781009475839, 9781009475839
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:: 12/09/24
Copyrighted By:: Christian Horn, Knut Ivar Austvoll, Johan Ling, and Magnus Artursson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
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