Roman reflections : Iron Age to Viking Age in northern Europe /

Roman Reflections uses a series of detailed and deeply researched case studies to explore how Roman society connected with and influenced northern Europe during the Iron and Viking Ages. In an original way, the book brings late prehistoric Denmark, best known for its so-called 'bog bodies,'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Randsborg, Klavs (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Series:	Debates in archaeology.
Subjects:	Europe, Northern > Antiquities. Denmark > Antiquities. Romans > Europe, Northern. Europe > Civilization > Roman influences. Iron age > Europe, Northern. Vikings > History. Bog bodies > Europe, Northern. Cimbri (Germanic people) Tacitus, Cornelius. > Germania. Social archaeology > Europe, Northern. HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. HISTORY / Europe / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.

Table of Contents:

Hostages and Bog Bodies : New Interpretations
The Cimbri : Death, Resurrection, Death
Nations & Alliances : The Ethnography of Tacitus' Germania
Romans in the North : Deconstruction of Names and Identities
Origins of the Danes : From Tacitus to King Harald
Epilogue: The First Millennium AD in Denmark : Words & Things.