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Local Societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe
  • Edited by Nils Anfinset, Melanie Wrigglesworth
  • Published by:
    Acumen Publishing
    Published online:
    05 April 2014
    Print publication:
    29 March 2012
  • The Bronze Age saw the development of new methods of exchange and trade in Northern Europe and was a period of increased globalization. However, until now, archaeologists have neglected Bronze Age societies in Northern Europe in favour of Central Europe and the Near East. Local Societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe highlights the diversity of Bronze Age societies in the region. The book argues that such societies were less isolated than previously thought and presents evidence of communication and travel between Northern Europe, Central Europe and the East. Ranging across the Bothnian area, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Russia, the book examines a wide range of topics, from the use of ritual in the expression of identity, to the production of pottery, and social responses to the introduction of metal.

  • Introduction: local societies, regions and processes of cultural interaction in the Bronze Age

  • Edited by Nils Anfinset, University of Bergen, Norway, Melanie Wrigglesworth, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Book:
    Local Societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe
    Published by:
    Acumen Publishing
    Published online:
    05 April 2014
    Print publication:
    29 March 2012, pp 1-10

  • Summary

    Background

    Our departing point for this collection of chapters on the North European Bronze Age has been that our conception of this region is generally framed by two major components. One is the national component, as archaeology per se was a significant part of the national awakening in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Obviously this focused on people, land and unity in order to build a common future. The second component is the fact that the central European Bronze Age (CEBA) has over the past decades played an increasing role in our understanding of the Bronze Age in the northern part of Europe as well. This has political and economic reasons due to the initial development (and later the expansion) of the European Union. This was particularly seen through the 1990s with the inclusion of new member states and the focus on the Bronze Age as a pan-European culture, not unlike the earlier national archaeologies focusing on building a common identity based on a common past. In terms of material expressions the CEBA is particularly rich and expressive, quite different from other parts of Europe, which regard these as peripheral.