The making of the slavs : history and archaeology of the Lower Danube region, ca. 500-700 /

This book offers an alternative approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in south-eastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700, from the perspective of current anthropological theories. The conceptual emphasis here is on the relation between material culture and ethnicity. The author demonstrates tha...

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Slavic ethnicity and the ethnie of the Slavs: concepts and approaches --
Sources for the history of the early Slavs (c. 500-700) --
The Slavs in early medieval sources (c. 500-700) --
The Balkans and the Danube limes during the sixth and seventh centuries --
Barbarians on the sixty-century Danube frontier: an archaeological survey --
Elites and group identity north of the Danube frontier: the archaeological evidence --
"Kings" and "democracy": power in early Slavic society --
Conclusion: the making of the Slavs.
1. Verfasser:
Curta, Florin
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This book offers an alternative approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in south-eastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700, from the perspective of current anthropological theories. The conceptual emphasis here is on the relation between material culture and ethnicity. The author demonstrates that the history of the Sclavenes and the Antes begins only at around 500 AD. He also points to the significance of the archaeological evidence, which suggests that specific artefacts may have been used as identity markers. This evidence also indicates the role of local leaders in building group boundaries and in leading successful raids across the Danube. Because of these military and political developments, Byzantine authors began employing names such as Sclavines and Antes in order to make sense of the process of group identification that was taking place north of the Danube frontier. Slavic ethnicity is therefore shown to be a Byzantine invention.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxv, 463 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-450) and index.
ISBN:
9780511101434
0511101430
9781107122925
1107122929
9780511153358
051115335X
9781280159374
1280159375
9780511496295
051149629X
9780511325144
0511325142
9780511119408
0511119402
9780521036153
0521036151
9780511047756
0511047754
Schlagworte:
Slavs > Lower Danube River Region > History.
Slavs > Balkan Peninsula > History.
Slavs > Ethnic identity.
Slavs > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Lower Danube River Region.
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