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Tradition summary: Scandinavian Iron Age

HRAFPublished In 2002 • Pages:

By: Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Scandinavian Iron Age archaeological tradition.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Scandinavian Iron Age
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2002
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Scandinavia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Unknown
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Marlene Martin ; 2002
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
ca. 2500-1500 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Scandinavia
NotesAdditional notes
By Peter N. Peregrine
The major tradition summary is from the article, 'Scandinavian Iron Age,' by Peter N. Peregrine in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2001-2002. We thank Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Iron Age--Scandinavia