The knowable, the doable and the undiscussed: Tradition, submission, and the 'becoming' of rural landscapes in Denmark's Iron Age

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 281, 1999, Pages 661-671

  Thurston, Tina L ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denmark; Iron Age; Landscape; State formation; Viking Age

Indexed keywords

IRON AGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RURAL HISTORY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

DENMARK;

EID: 0032734659     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065261     Document Type: Article

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