Archaeology of touchstones : an introduction based on finds from Birka, Sweden / Martin Ježek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ježek, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Sweden.

Archaeology.

Birka Site (Sweden)--Antiquities.

Birka Site (Sweden).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press, 2017.

Summary:

Did ancient Europeans truly believe in an active after-life, as modern Europeans would like to think they did? What purpose did grave goods actually serve? Are archaeology and the historical sciences in general able to shed, once and for all, a curse placed upon them at their inception as research disciplines in the early nineteenth century? Searching for answers to these questions is the aim of this book which has been written on the basis of widely spread, typical components of grave goods. For the last two centuries, they have been interpreted incorrectly, because of being aligned with archaeologists' ideas about the spiritual world of the society in question.--From publisher's website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed February 20, 2018).

ISBN:

90-8890-519-3