Splendid isolation : the eruption of the Laacher See volcano and southern Scandinavian late glacial hunter-gatherers / by Felix Riede.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riede, Felix, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting and gathering societies.

Germany--Laacher Lake.

Laacher Lake (Germany)--Antiquities.

Laacher Lake (Germany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, [2017]

Summary:

The year is 12,800 BP.Europe is entirely occupied by people of the so-called Upper Magdalenian culture.Well, not entirely...one small region, southern Scandinavia, differs markedly from its neighbours.These lines open the first book-length treatment of the cultural evolution of late ice age forager societies at the northern edge of Europe.

Contents:

Forside; Titelside; Colophon; Contents; Preface; List of figures; List of tables; List of formulae; Chapter 1 Splendid isolation; Chapter 2 Vulnerability, events and cultural evolution; Chapter 3 Explosive volcanism and the Laacher See eruption; Chapter 4 Before the eruption

the Federmessergruppen; Chapter 5 The progression of vulnerability and the impact of the Laacher See eruption; Chapter 6 After the eruption

the Bromme culture; Chapter 7 Natural hazards and traditional societies past and present; References.

Appendix I An audited radiocarbon database for the culture-history of Allerod-period southern Scandinavia and adjacent regionsAppendix II Radiocarbon date auditing criteria; Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

87-7184-499-6

OCLC:

1032724950