Making of the Slavs : History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, C.500-700.

This book offers a new 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 his...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2001
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Slavic ethnicity and the ethnie of the Slavs: concepts and approaches
  • 2. Sources for the history of the early Slavs (c. 500-700)
  • 3. The Slavs in early medieval sources (c. 500-700)
  • 4. The Balkans and the Danube limes during the sixth and seventh centuries
  • 5. Barbarians on the sixty-century Danube frontier: an archaeological survey
  • 6. Elites and group identity north of the Danube frontier: the archaeological evidence
  • 7. "Kings" and "democracy": power in early Slavic society
  • Conclusion: the making of the Slavs.