| The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia Contributor(s): Clark, Grahame (Author), Grahame, Clark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521107679 ISBN-13: 9780521107679 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of human settlement into Scandinavia with particular emphasis on the economic aspects of the societies under discussion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 936.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the Ice Age Scandinavia was submerged under thick ice sheets, and it was only in the subsequent warmer conditions, as the ice receded, that colonisation by plants, animals and men became possible. In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of human settlement into this area, with particular emphasis on the economic aspects of the societies under discussion. The account is carried down to the time (3500-3000 BC) when mixed farming, including cereal agriculture, was being introduced into the area. The book is fully illustrated and documented by many maps and tables. It provides a rounded picture of the economy of the first settlers and their descendants in an area whose archaeological past has been exceptionally fully investigated and documented. The colonisation of Scandinavia is considered in its European context, but the main emphasis lies on the process of change and the continuity of settlement in the territory itself. |