Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the archaeological record of Aarhus c. AD 800-1800
Aarhus is one of the oldest and most important Danish towns, but the archaeological sources have so far not been fully analyzed. Based on excavations and finds the Aarhus and its periphery the development of the town and its network is analyzed from Viking Age to mid-1800. Central is the special urban way of living which makes town dwellers into citizens. The urban communities are in focus as well as their challenges: division between town and countryside, but also social divisions of the towns people, and between newcomers and born and bred citizens.
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Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the archaeological record of Aarhus c. AD 800-1800
Aarhus is one of the oldest and most important Danish towns, but the archaeological sources have so far not been fully analyzed. Based on excavations and finds the Aarhus and its periphery the development of the town and its network is analyzed from Viking Age to mid-1800. Central is the special urban way of living which makes town dwellers into citizens. The urban communities are in focus as well as their challenges: division between town and countryside, but also social divisions of the towns people, and between newcomers and born and bred citizens.
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Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the archaeological record of Aarhus c. AD 800-1800

Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the archaeological record of Aarhus c. AD 800-1800

by Jette Linaa
Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the archaeological record of Aarhus c. AD 800-1800

Urban Consumption: Tracing urbanity in the archaeological record of Aarhus c. AD 800-1800

by Jette Linaa

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Aarhus is one of the oldest and most important Danish towns, but the archaeological sources have so far not been fully analyzed. Based on excavations and finds the Aarhus and its periphery the development of the town and its network is analyzed from Viking Age to mid-1800. Central is the special urban way of living which makes town dwellers into citizens. The urban communities are in focus as well as their challenges: division between town and countryside, but also social divisions of the towns people, and between newcomers and born and bred citizens.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788793423060
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Publication date: 01/01/2017
Series: Jysk ArkAeologisk Selskabs Skrifter , #94
Pages: 239
Product dimensions: 8.66(w) x 10.63(h) x 1.02(d)
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