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fascinating history of a region and a people,
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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 |
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The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the Initial Settlement to the Kievan Rus by Pavel Markovich Dolukhanov (Hardcover - July 24, 1996)
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