Northern gold : amber in Lithuania (c. 100 to c. 1200) / / by Audrone Bliujiene.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 18
• Author: Bliujienė, Audronė, 1954-
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283334844; 9786613334848; 9004217355
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Audrone Bliujiene.

This study presents a systematic analysis of the huge, and in most cases, completely new archaeological evidence for amber from Lithuania and the surrounding regions. A comprehensive synthesis of archaeological evidence and written sources provides an opportunity to develop new viewpoints about the sources of amber, extraction methods, amber-wearing traditions in different Aestii/Balt cultures and by people of different social status, ages and genders, and the amber trade in different markets in Lithuania and the whole eastern Baltic region. However, a tradition of amber usage in Lithuania was dependent not only on the ability of local communities to acquire “northern gold” but, to a larger degree, its use in the north was determined by cultural developments that took place in Europe.