Iron Age Households
Structure and Practice in Western Denmark, 500 BC-AD 200
A part of the series Jysk Arkæologisk Selskabs Skrifter (62) , and the subject areas Archaeology and Archaeology (general)
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An investigation into the nature and workings of the household in one part of northern Europe (in Western Denmark), focusing on the Early Iron Age (c 500 BC-AD 200), considering the household unit and its internal social relations. It includes an introduction to the geographical and archaeological context and the dataset, chapters on the nature of the household group and its relationship to the wider community, analysis of the structure and use of space within the Early Iron Age farmstead, the architecture of the longhouse, and the domestic space outside the house and depositional practices.
