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Skiis and Skiing from the Stone Age to the Birth of Sport

John Weinstock (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2003
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7734-6787-3 (ISBN)

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This volume examines the prehistory and history of skiing from thousands of years ago to the late 19th century. It brings together information available in obscure publications and particularly examines the contributions of the hunter-gatherer Sami culture in the evolution of skiis and skiing.

Early evidence - literary reference; the ski in rock carvings; skis found in peat bogs; the Sami and the evolution of skiing; circumpolar myths about skiing; skiing during the Viking age; the technological evolution of the ski; skiing in literature I - the Medieval period; military use of skis; skiing in literature II - 16th, 17th and 18th centuries; Sondre Norheim, Pavva Lasse Tuorda and the birth of the sport; skiing in literature III - 19th century; skiing spreads across the world. Appendices: evolution of man to the late Stone Age; reindeer hunters of post-glacial Scandanavia; winter travels in the North - snowshoes; literary references to snowshoes.

Zusatzinfo	illustrations, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-7734-6787-4 / 0773467874
ISBN-13	978-0-7734-6787-3 / 9780773467873
Zustand	Neuware