Nordic Bronze Age Economies

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-47583-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies

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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horn, Christian

Austvoll, Knut Ivar

Artursson, Magnus

Ling, Johan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Nordic Bronze Age; 2. Macro-economic perspectives; 3. The domestic economy; 4. Economic interactions at various distances; 5. Conflict and alliances in the Nordic Bronze Age economy; 6. Bronze Age political formations – Micro-regional case studies; 7. Encountering Europe; 8. Conclusion; References.