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Christian Horn, Knut Ivar Austvoll, Johan Ling, and Magnus Artursson synthesize the economic life of Bronze Age Scandinavia, moving between households, local communities, and wider European networks. Their account connects farming and pastoralism with maritime activity, metal production, trade, and the acquisition of wealth. A shared material culture provides the setting for substantial differences among communities and regions.
The chapters compare domestic economies, exchanges over different distances, conflict and alliances, and the organization of political power. Local case studies show how subsistence and broader systems of wealth interacted, while the final sections place Nordic developments in a European context. The book emphasizes shifting relationships among partners and competitors rather than a single uniform economic system, with archaeological maps, figures, and references retained in the original edition.
Christian Horn; Knut Ivar Austvoll; Johan Ling; Magnus Artursson. Nordic Bronze Age Economies. Cambridge University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009421416. CC BY-NC 4.0. Original edition unchanged.