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The Primeval Antiquities of Denmark: Translated, and Applied to the Illustration of Similar Remains in England: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology

Autor Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae Traducere de William J. Thoms
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2015
The antiquarian William J. Thoms (1803–85) is probably best remembered today for founding the journal Notes and Queries and for having coined the term 'folk lore'. He undertook the translation of this work by the Danish archaeologist Jens Worsaae (1821–85) because he felt (as Worsaae says himself) that 'the primeval national antiquities of the British islands have never hitherto been brought into a scientific arrangement'. Believing that this had arisen partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing between some of the many different cultures in Britain's past, Thoms also felt that British interpretations of finds were too frequently beset by 'fanciful theories'. Cultural ties between Britain and Denmark during the Dark Ages meant that finds in Denmark could illuminate British discoveries, and vice versa: Worsaae's work could therefore guide future excavations in Britain. Highly influential and illustrated with woodcuts, this translation first appeared in 1849.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108077941
ISBN-10: 1108077943
Pagini: 194
Ilustrații: 103 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface to the English edition; Preface by the editor of the English edition; Introduction; Part I. Of our Antiquities: 1. Antiquities of the stone-period; 2. Antiquities of the bronze-period; 3. Antiquities of the iron-period; Part II. Of Stone Structures, Barrows, Etc.: 1. Graves of the stone-period; 2. Tombs of the bronze-period; 3. Tombs of the iron-period; 4. Tombs in other countries; 5. Runic stones; Part III: 1. Importance of the monuments of antiquity for history; 2. Importance of the monuments of antiquity as regards nationality; Appendix.

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A highly influential 1849 work, which translated archaeologist Jens Worsaae's important account of excavations and discoveries in Denmark.