The Demise of Antiquity: Europe and the Mediterranean in the First Millennium AD
Klavs Randsborg
Three major social processes took place in Europe and the Mediterranean first millennium AD: decline of classical antiquity, rise Western Europe, integration barbarian world with mainstream developments (79). Each these has been illuminated by both written historical sources material remains past as studied archaeology; but investigation AD is still far from being an integrated one. Opposing schools research, particular scripthistory general archaeology, also art history, history religion, philosophy literature, law, linguistics, etc, strive to come terms period. Even within for example, problems dealt scientific language spoken archaeology are very different those archaeology. Research traditions-be they rooted data, regions study, or approaches-are paramount AD. Furthermore, this period constitutes pre-modern differences among researchers have strong overtones moral philosophy, ideology, Eurocentrism, chauvinism, etc. In short, we dealing academic
Annual Review of Anthropology