Northern Gold: Amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200)
Audronė Bliujienė
This 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, amber-wearing traditions in different Aestii/Balt cultures and by people of different social status, ages and genders, and the amber trade in different markets in Lithuania and the whole eastern Baltic region. However, a tradition of amber usage in Lithuania was dependent not only on the ability of local communities to acquire northern gold but, to a larger degree, its use in the north was determined by cultural developments that took place in Europe.
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Year:
2011
Publisher:
Brill
Language:
english
Pages:
480
ISBN 10:
9004211187
ISBN 13:
9789004211186
File:
PDF, 21.70 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011