Description:The beginning of the present-day Frisians lies in the 5th century, when new inhabitants, ‘Anglo-Saxons’, arrived in the virtually abandoned terp region of the Northern Netherlands. The Frisians that are mentioned by Roman authors, had largely abandoned the area in the 3rd century, and the area was virtually empty in the 4th century. In this chapter, some of the evidence that is indicative of social relations between different groups inhabiting the northern coastal areas of the Netherlands and Germany will be presented. The same social mechanisms, such as visiting, gift exchange and intermarriage functioned before and after the 4th century, and the same social networks and regions were involved. To understand the ‘new Frisians’ and their descent from migrating Anglo-Saxons, we cannot ignore the ‘old Frisians’ and their contacts with the Chaucans, the later Saxons. The focus is on pottery, since that is the most wide-spread material category, and a telling one when social relations are concernedWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Frisians of the Early Middle Ages (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology, 10). To get started finding Frisians of the Early Middle Ages (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology, 10), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
438
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Release
2021
ISBN
1800101325
Frisians of the Early Middle Ages (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology, 10)
Description: The beginning of the present-day Frisians lies in the 5th century, when new inhabitants, ‘Anglo-Saxons’, arrived in the virtually abandoned terp region of the Northern Netherlands. The Frisians that are mentioned by Roman authors, had largely abandoned the area in the 3rd century, and the area was virtually empty in the 4th century. In this chapter, some of the evidence that is indicative of social relations between different groups inhabiting the northern coastal areas of the Netherlands and Germany will be presented. The same social mechanisms, such as visiting, gift exchange and intermarriage functioned before and after the 4th century, and the same social networks and regions were involved. To understand the ‘new Frisians’ and their descent from migrating Anglo-Saxons, we cannot ignore the ‘old Frisians’ and their contacts with the Chaucans, the later Saxons. The focus is on pottery, since that is the most wide-spread material category, and a telling one when social relations are concernedWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Frisians of the Early Middle Ages (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology, 10). To get started finding Frisians of the Early Middle Ages (Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology, 10), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.