Bibliograph

Uncovering the Germanic past, Merovingian archaeology in France, 1830-1914, Bonnie Effros

Type

Label

Uncovering the Germanic past, Merovingian archaeology in France, 1830-1914, Bonnie Effros

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Uncovering the Germanic past

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

905649186

Responsibility statement

Bonnie Effros

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

Merovingian archaeology in France, 1830-1914

Summary

Bonnie Effros brings to light an unexpected side effect of France's 19th century Industrial Revolution. While laying tracks for new rail lines, quarrying for stone, and expanding lands under cultivation, French labourers uncovered bones and artefacts from long-forgotten cemeteries. Although their original owners were unknown, research by a growing number of amateur archaeologists of the bourgeois class determined that these were the graves of Germanic 'warriors', and their work challenged prevailing views in France of the population's exclusively Gallic ancestry.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator