In Search of Something Better
Author(s): Frands Herschend
Year: 2015
Summary
In the 7th and 8th century CE, Scandinavian societies developed a stratified social structure based on ownership of land dominated by relatively few people. When the population grew during the 8th century this created a society with few opportunities not least among the landless who were partly engaged in handicraft at rural production sites linked to the urbanized European economy. This created a situation in which raiding, conquest, colonization and state formation became attractive opportunities.
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In Search of Something Better. Frands Herschend. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 395277)
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min long: -11.074; min lat: 37.44 ; max long: 50.098; max lat: 70.845 ;