书目名称 | The Archaeology of Slavery in Early Medieval Northern Europe |
副标题 | The Invisible Commod |
编辑 | Felix Biermann,Marek Jankowiak |
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概述 | Presents new perspective on slave trade and slavery in early medieval Europe.Argues for the possibilities of identifying slavery in archaeological record.Contributes to a broader understanding of slav |
丛书名称 | Themes in Contemporary Archaeology |
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描述 | This volume is the first comprehensive study of the material imprint of slavery in early medieval Europe. While written sources attest to the ubiquity of slavery and slave trade in early medieval British Isles, Scandinavia and Slavic lands, it is still difficult to find material traces of this reality, other than the hundreds of thousands of Islamic coins paid in exchange for the northern European slaves. This volume offers the first structured reflection on how to bridge this gap. It reviews the types of material evidence that can be associated with the institution of slavery and the slave trade in early medieval northern Europe, from individual objects (such as e.g. shackles) to more comprehensive landscape approaches..The book is divided into four sections. The first presents the analytical tools developed in Africa and prehistoric Europe to identify and describe social phenomena associated with slavery and the slave trade. The following three section reviewthe three main cultural zones of early medieval northern Europe: the British Isles, Scandinavia, and Slavic central Europe. The contributions offer methodological reflections on the concept of the archaeology of slavery. They |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | Ambátts in High Medieval Scania and Östergötland; Archaeological Investigation of Slavery in Africa; A |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73291-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-73293-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-73291-2Series ISSN 2730-7441 Series E-ISSN 2730-745X |
issn_series | 2730-7441 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |