Northern gold : amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200)
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Northern gold : amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200)
(East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, v. 18)
Brill, 2011
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-406) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Thi study presents a systematic analysis of the huge, and in most cases, completely new archaeological evidence for amber from Lithuania and the surrounding regions. A comprehensive synthesis of archaeological evidence and written sources provides an opportunity to develop new viewpoints about the sources of amber, extraction methods and amber-wearing.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ... vii
List of Figures ... ix
List of Appendices ... xxxi
List of Tables ... xxxiii
Chronological System Used in the Book ... xxxv
List of Abbreviations ... xxxix
Introduction ... 1
1 Baltic Amber: Distribution, Main Sources and Accessibility ... 5
2 Amber in Lithuanian Historiography ... 15
3 The Aestii and the Glesum Epoch ... 35
4 Amber in Medieval Lithuania ... 203
Conclusions ... 335
Appendices and Tables ... 353
Bibliography ... 379
Index ... 407
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