'...most innovative book-length treatment...provides one of the best current examples of the value of the sort of landscape-focused syncretism of processual and postprocessual approaches. ...clearly and effectively written, the illustrations are excellent and the bibliography is particularly valuable for those wanting more on recent Scandinavian archaeology. ...I would urge all interested in state formation, chiefly societies, and the interaction of archaeology and history to read the whole book. This is an important work, required reading for area specialists, and a provocative model for researchers elsewhere.' American Anthropologist, 104:4 (2002)

• Theoretical, Archaelogical, and Historic Background.- The Secondary State in South Scandinavia.- A Multidisciplinary Study of the State.- Prestate Denmark.- Social, Political, and Economic Change in the Viking Age.- The Viking Age in Denmark.- Social Classes in the Viking Age.- Landscapes of Power and Landscapes of Conflict.- Power and Force: Courses Toward State Integration.- Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes in Southeast Scania.- Place, Space, and Experience in Iron Age Communities.- Conclusions.

'...most innovative book-length treatment...provides one of the best current examples of the value of the sort of landscape-focused syncretism of processual and postprocessual approaches. ...clearly and effectively written, the illustrations are excellent and the bibliography is particularly valuable for those wanting more on recent Scandinavian archaeology. ...I would urge all interested in state formation, chiefly societies, and the interaction of archaeology and history to read the whole book. This is an important work, required reading for area specialists, and a provocative model for researchers elsewhere.' American Anthropologist, 104:4 (2002)

• Theoretical, Archaelogical, and Historic Background.- The Secondary State in South Scandinavia.- A Multidisciplinary Study of the State.- Prestate Denmark.- Social, Political, and Economic Change in the Viking Age.- The Viking Age in Denmark.- Social Classes in the Viking Age.- Landscapes of Power and Landscapes of Conflict.- Power and Force: Courses Toward State Integration.- Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes in Southeast Scania.- Place, Space, and Experience in Iron Age Communities.- Conclusions.

'...most innovative book-length treatment...provides one of the best current examples of the value of the sort of landscape-focused syncretism of processual and postprocessual approaches. ...clearly and effectively written, the illustrations are excellent and the bibliography is particularly valuable for those wanting more on recent Scandinavian archaeology. ...I would urge all interested in state formation, chiefly societies, and the interaction of archaeology and history to read the whole book. This is an important work, required reading for area specialists, and a provocative model for researchers elsewhere.' American Anthropologist, 104:4 (2002)

• Theoretical, Archaelogical, and Historic Background.- The Secondary State in South Scandinavia.- A Multidisciplinary Study of the State.- Prestate Denmark.- Social, Political, and Economic Change in the Viking Age.- The Viking Age in Denmark.- Social Classes in the Viking Age.- Landscapes of Power and Landscapes of Conflict.- Power and Force: Courses Toward State Integration.- Reconstructing Cultural Landscapes in Southeast Scania.- Place, Space, and Experience in Iron Age Communities.- Conclusions.