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1 online resource (511 pages) |
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The Northern World Ser |
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Northern World Ser
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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3.5.1 Culture Contacts and Colonisation |
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Print version record |
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Northmen -- Communication
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Scandinavians -- Communication
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Trade routes -- Baltic Sea
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Vikings -- Communication
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Manners and customs.
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Trade routes.
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Scandinavia -- History -- To 1397
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Scandinavia -- Social life and customs
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Atlantic Ocean -- Baltic Sea.
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Scandinavia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004363816 |
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9004363815 |
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