@article{1441045,
      recid = {1441045},
      author = {Biermann, Felix, and Jankowiak, Marek,},
      title = {The archaeology of slavery in early Medieval Northern  Europe : the invisible commodity /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2021},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This volume is the first comprehensive study of the  material imprint of slavery in early medieval Europe. While  written sources attest to the ubiquity of slavery and slave  trade in early medieval British Isles, Scandinavia and  Slavic lands, it is still difficult to find material traces  of this reality, other than the hundreds of thousands of  Islamic coins paid in exchange for the northern European  slaves. This volume offers the first structured reflection  on how to bridge this gap. It reviews the types of material  evidence that can be associated with the institution of  slavery and the slave trade in early medieval northern  Europe, from individual objects (such as e.g. shackles) to  more comprehensive landscape approaches. The book is  divided into four sections. The first presents the  analytical tools developed in Africa and prehistoric Europe  to identify and describe social phenomena associated with  slavery and the slave trade. The following three section  review the three main cultural zones of early medieval  northern Europe: the British Isles, Scandinavia, and Slavic  central Europe. The contributions offer methodological  reflections on the concept of the archaeology of slavery.  They emphasize that the material record, by its nature,  admits multiple interpretations. More broadly, this book  comes at a time when the history of slavery is being  integrated into academic syllabi in most western countries.  The collection of studies contributes to a more nuanced  perspective on this important and controversial topic. This  volume appeals to multiple audiences interested in  comparative and global studies of slavery, and will  constitute the point of reference for future debates.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1441045},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73291-2},
}