Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xli, 423 pages)
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9789004217355
Series Statement:
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 v. 18
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. Baltic Amber: Distribution, Main Sources and Accessibility -- 2. Amber in Lithuanian Historiography -- 3. The Aestii and the Glesum Epoch -- 4. Amber in Medieval Lithuania -- Conclusions -- Appendices and Tables -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
This study presents a systematic analysis of the huge, and in most cases, completely new archaeological evidence for amber from Lithuania and the surrounding regions. A comprehensive synthesis of archaeological evidence and written sources provides an opportunity to develop new viewpoints about the sources of amber, extraction methods, amber-wearing traditions in different Aestii/Balt cultures and by people of different social status, ages and genders, and the amber trade in different markets in Lithuania and the whole eastern Baltic region. However, a tradition of amber usage in Lithuania was dependent not only on the ability of local communities to acquire “northern gold” but, to a larger degree, its use in the north was determined by cultural developments that took place in Europe
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-406) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004211186
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Northern Gold: Amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200) Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2011 ISBN 9789004211186
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004217355
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