Birth of Prehistoric Chronology - Dating Methods Dating Systems in Nineteenth Century Scandinavian

Klappentext Professor Gr slund's book is the first in-depth study of systematic methods for dating archaeological materials. Zusammenfassung The development of European archaeology as a scholarly discipline in the nineteenth century was closely connected with the appearance of systematic methods for dating archaeological materials. Professor Gräslund's book is the first in-depth study of what is now recognised as a crucial stage in the history of archaeology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The conceptual framework; 3. The museum background; 4. C. J. Thomsen and the Three-Age System; 5. The works of Magnus Bruzelius; 6. The Stone Age: the division into two and three periods; 7. The Bronze Age: the division into two periods; 8. The Iron Age: the division into two and three periods; 9. The pre-Roman Iron Age; 10. The Roman Iron Age: the division into two periods; 11. Coins and Iron Age chronology; 12. Dating in the Bronze Age with special reference to Scandinavia; 13. Montelius' own account of his chronological method; 14. The origin of typology as chronological method; 15. General aspects; Biographical notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Bo Gr Slund, Bo Gr¿und, Bo Graslund
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2008
• EAN: 9780521103886
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10388-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity