From the Baltic to the Black Sea
Subtitle: studies in medieval archaeology
By: edited by David Austin, Leslie Alcock.
Contributors: Austin, David, 1947-; Alcock, Leslie.; World Archaeological Congress (1986 : Southampton, England)
Series: One world archaeology ;; 18
Publisher: Unwin Hyman; Routledge
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Archaeology, Medieval -- Europe, Eastern -- Congresses; Europe, Eastern -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Description: From the Baltic to the Black Sea offers a rare insight into the closed world of medieval Eastern Europe and opens up a neglected archaeological tradition to English-speaking readers. Selections focus on early European ethnic formations and states, the demography of medieval populations, and the nature of rural settlement and urban development. The book challenges the intellectual assumptions of medieval archaeology and questions its relationship to history and prehistory. It exposes the limitations of a strictly empirical approach to studying the period when written history began and the early medieval states emerged. -- Publishers description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
A selection of edited papers originally presented at the medieval sessions of the World Archaeological Congress in Southampton in 1986.