Tina L Thurston

(Author)

Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age (2001)Hardcover - 2001, 30 June 2001

Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age (2001)
Qty
1
Turbo
Ships in 2 - 3 days
In Stock
Free Delivery
Cash on Delivery
15 Days
Free Returns
Secure Checkout
Buy More, Save More
Part of Series
Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
Print Length
326 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
30 Jun 2001
ISBN-10
0306463202
ISBN-13
9780306463204

Description

Tina Thurston's Landscapes of Power; Landscapes of Conflict is a thi- generation processual analysis of sociopolitical evolution during the Iron Age in southern Scandinavia. Several red flags seem to be raised at once. Are not archaeologists now postprocessual, using new interpretive approaches to - derstand human history? Is not evolution a discredited concept in which - cieties are arbitrarily arranged along a unilinear scheme? Should not modern approaches be profoundly historical and agent-centered? In any event, were not Scandinavians the ultimate barbarian Vikings parasitizing the complex civilized world of southern and central Europe? Tina Thurston's book focuses our attention on the significant innovations of anthropological archaeology at the end of the twentieth century. A brief overview of processual archaeology can set the context for - preciating Landscapes ofPower; Landscapes of Conflict. During the 1960s the emergent processual archaeology (a. k. a. the New Archaeology) cryst- lized an evolutionary paradigm that framed research with the comparative ethnography of Service and Fried. It was thought that human societies p- gressed through stages of social development and that the goal was to d- cover the evolutionary prime movers (such as irrigation, warfare, trade, and population) that drove social and cultural change. By the 1970s prime movers had fallen from favor and social evolution was conceived as complicated flows of causation involving many variables.

Product Details

Author:
Tina L Thurston
Book Edition:
2001
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
30 June 2001
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 2.39 cm
Genre:
Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
ISBN-10:
0306463202
ISBN-13:
9780306463204
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
326
Publisher:
Weight:
689.46 gm

Related Categories


Need Help?
+971 6 731 0280
support@gzb.ae

About UsContact UsPayment MethodsFAQsShipping PolicyRefund and ReturnTerms of UsePrivacy PolicyCookie Notice

VisaMastercardCash on Delivery

© 2024 White Lion General Trading LLC. All rights reserved.