Places in between : the archaeology of social, cultural and geographical borders and borderlands / edited by David Mullin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mullin, David.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands.

Social archaeology.

Archaeology and history.

Physical Description:

104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, [2011]

Summary:

Using case studies, archaeologists introduce their colleagues to some principles and techniques that have been developed in the study of borders, but have yet to find their way into the discipline. Their topics include from feast to famine along the Medieval Anglo-Scottish border, barrows and the boundary between the living and the dead, some thought on Loki's monstrous offspring Sleipnir and his siblings, constructing and deconstructing Roman city walls, and historical and archaeological views of the Liao (10th-12th centuries) borderlands in Northeast China. No index is provided. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Border crossings : the archaeology of borders and borderlands : an introduction / David Mullin

All quiet on the Eastern Front / Anna McWilliams

Bioarchaeology of border creation : from feast to famine along the medieval Anglo-Scottish border / Jaime Jennings

Barrows and the boundary between the living and the dead / Richard Bradley & Elise Fraser

The Neolithic and Bronze Age use of caves in western Britain / Jodie Lewis

Sleipnir and his siblings : some thoughts on Lokiś monstrous offspring / Anne Monikander

Constructing and deconstructing Roman city walls : the contribution of urban Enceintes to an understanding of the concept of borders / Isobel Pinder

Historical and archaeological views of the Liao borderlands in northeast China / Naomi Standen & Gwen Bennett

Towards an archaeology of borders and borderlands / David Mullin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1842179837

9781842179833

OCLC:

708357930

Publisher Number:

99944270869