Roman Imperialism and Runic Literacy : The Westernization of Northern Europe (150-800 AD)
By Svante Fischer
PhD Dissertation, Uppsala University, 2005
Abstract: This dissertation discusses Roman imperialism and runic literacy. It employs an interdisciplinary terminology. By means of terms new to archaeology, the growth of a specialized language, a technolect, is traced until it enters the realm of literacy. The author argues that there is more than one way for literacy to appear in prehistoric cultures. The
