The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia

This book analyses the society, economy, settlement, and culture of the territory of present-day Estonia in the period of ca AD 450-1050. This period is known in the Estonian archaeological chronology as the Migration Period, the Pre-Viking Age, and the Viking Age. This was an era of rapid change, b...

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Main Author: Tvauri, Andres (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Tartu University of Tartu Press 2012
Series:Estonian Archaeology
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