From genesis to prehistory : the archaeological three age system and its contested reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland / Peter Rowley Conwy.
The now familiar Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s. Peter Rowley-Conwy investigates the reasons why the system was adopted without demur in Scandinavia, yet was the subject of a bitter and protracted...
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| Series: | Oxford studies in the history of archaeology.
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| Summary: | The now familiar Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s. Peter Rowley-Conwy investigates the reasons why the system was adopted without demur in Scandinavia, yet was the subject of a bitter and protracted contest in Britain and Ireland up to the 1870s. - ;We are now familiar with the Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. This division, which amounted at the time to a major scientific revolution, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 362 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191527821 0191527823 9780199227747 0199227748 128115010X 9781281150103 9786611150105 6611150102 9780191917431 0191917435 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |