| Becoming European: The Transformation of Third Millennium Northern and Western Europe Contributor(s): Prescott, Christopher (Editor), Glorstad, Håkon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1842174509 ISBN-13: 9781842174500 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 936 |
| LCCN: 2011037623 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It can be argued that elements of European heritage can be identified not only as a national strategy of the present but also as a process in prehistory - the cultural and political transformations of the third millennium BC in European prehistory sparking off this process. These transformations initiated the processes and mechanisms that led up to the complex political, social and cultural institutions of the first half of the second millennium BC. From this time on, an authentic historical continuum leading towards present-day society can be identified. The papers in this anthology provide an up-to-date survey of trends in Bell Beaker research, with a focus on western and northern Europe, as well as developments in the northern and eastern Scandinavian and Baltic regions. The geographical focus, along with the interpretative perspective, hopefully demonstrates some of the progress in understanding the histories of third millennium Europe. |