From genesis to prehistory: the archaeological three age system and its contested reception in denmark, britain, and ireland
Auteur :
Rowley-Conwy, Peter
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199227747
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2007
Dimensions :
22,4 x 14,5 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
655 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.