Uncovering The Germanic Past: Merovingian Archaeology In France, 1830-1914
by Bonnie Effros /
2012 / English / PDF
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This volume suggests how the slow genesis of Merovingian archaeology in France challenged the prevailing views of the population's exclusively Gallic ancestry. A history of the first century of the discipline, Effros' interdisciplinary study looks at the important contributions of medieval archaeological finds to modern French identity.