The Making of the Slavs

History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region, c.500–700

By:

Florin Curta

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series

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This book offers a new approach to the problem of Slavic ethnicity in south-eastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700, from the perspective of current anthropological theories. The conceptual emphasis here is on the relation between material culture and ethnicity. The author demonstrates that the history of the Sclavenes and the Antes begins only at around 500 AD. He also points to the significance of the archaeological evidence, which suggests that specific artifacts may have been used as identity markers. This evidence also indicates the role of local leaders in building group boundaries and in leading successful raids across the Danube. Because of these military and political developments, Byzantine authors began employing names such as Sclavines and Antes in order to make sense of the process of group identification that was taking place north of the Danube frontier. Slavic ethnicity is therefore shown to be a Byzantine invention.

Release date Australia

July 12th, 2001

Author

Florin Curta

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Tables, unspecified

Pages

496

Series

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series

Dimensions

161x236x33

ISBN-13

9780521802024

Product ID

2366322

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