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1 online resource (xvii, 362 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford studies in the history of archaeology |
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Oxford studies in the history of archaeology.
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| Contents |
Chronologies in conflict -- Construction of prehistory : Copenhagen to 1836 -- Three Age System as predator : Copenhagen and Lund 1836-1850 -- Disinterested gentlemen : England to 1860 -- Scotland : the creation of a nation's prehistory -- Ireland : realm of the four masters -- Fighting it through : England 1860-1880 -- Appendix 1 : Translation of Münter's proposal of 1807 -- Appendix 2 : Translation of Thomsen's letters of 1825 to J.G.G. Büsching -- Appendix 3 : Translation of Eschricht's (1837) paper on Crania -- Appendix 4 : Prichard's discussion of the Three Age System in 1841 -- Appendix 5 : Translation of Worsaae's letter of 1847 on Irish politics |
| Summary |
The now familiar Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s. Peter Rowley-Conwy investigates the reasons why the system was adopted without demur in Scandinavia, yet was the subject of a bitter and protracted contest in Britain and Ireland up to the 1870s. - ;We are now familiar with the Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. This division, which amounted at the time to a major scientific revolution, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Prehistoric peoples -- Denmark
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Prehistoric peoples -- Great Britain
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Prehistoric peoples -- Ireland
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Denmark
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Great Britain
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Ireland
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Antiquities
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Antiquities, Prehistoric
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Prehistoric peoples
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Archeologie.
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Periodisering.
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Denmark -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036738
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Great Britain -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056606
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Ireland -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067965
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Denmark
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Great Britain
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Ireland
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Denemarken.
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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Ierland.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191527821 |
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0191527823 |
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9780199227747 |
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0199227748 |
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128115010X |
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9781281150103 |
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9786611150105 |
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6611150102 |
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9780191917431 |
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0191917435 |
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