Northern gold : amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200)

Author(s)

• Bliujienė, Audronė

Bibliographic Information

Northern gold : amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200)

by Audronė Bliujienė

（East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, v. 18）

Brill, 2011

• : hardback

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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Details

• NCID: BB11399015
• ISBN:
  • 9789004211186
• LCCN: 2011035554
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xli, 423 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN799.A5
  • DC23 : 553.8/79094793
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Amber -- Lithuania
  • LCSH : Excavations (Archaeology) -- Lithuania
  • LCSH : Jewelry, Prehistoric -- Lithuania
  • LCSH : Lithuania -- Antiquities
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA85290117