The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus [Hardcover]

Pavel M. Dolukhanov (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0582236274 | ISBN-13: 978-0582236271 | Publication Date: July 24, 1996

This text tackles the questions of who the first settlers were on the plains of Eastern Europe, when and where they came from, are their cultural identities distinguishable, and what kind of contact did they have with the West? The book reviews archaeological, historical, linguistic and palaeoenvironmental evidence, which is then interpreted by the author.

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' This book is an exemplary summary treatment of Eastern European pre- and proto-history which will be of immense assistance to a wide range of readers, but especially to university readers. It ranges from the earliest human activities in western Russia to the Rus kingdom. The author has set out to use the longer time-span to reveal as fully as possible the wider setting of the early historic peoples, including the early Slavs. No other book in English covers this ground so recently and so well.' The Slavonic Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Longman (July 24, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0582236274
• ISBN-13: 978-0582236271
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,061,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating history of a region and a people, July 2, 2011

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This review is from: The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus (Paperback)

The author was a Research Associate of the Institute of Archaeology of the USSR Academy of Science, then Director of the Laboratory for Archaeological Technology, and most recently Reader in East European Archaeology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In other words, this is not a romanticized puff piece for nationalists, this is a synthesis of scientific evidence written by an expert who was engaged in field work for decades, and is internationally recognized.
Chapters include:
Geographical setting
The Initial Settlement - paleolithic through Late Glacial, early languages
Postglacial Farmers and Hunters - Holocene through Middle Neolithic
The Beaker Folks - through the Bronze Age
The Age of Change - Iron Age, Cimmerians, Scythians, etc.
The Slavs, Balts and Finns
The Slavs in Europe -
The Vikings and the Rus - up to the beginnings of Russian statehood

237 pages, 47 figures, glossary, academic bibliography, index