An archaeological history of Scandinavia, a land mass comprising the modern countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, from the arrival of the first humans after the last Ice Age to the end of the Viking period, ca. AD 1050. Provides overviews of each prehistoric epoch. A comprehensive picture emerges of change across the millennia, as human society evolves from small bands of hunter, gatherers to large farming communities to the complex warrior cultures of the Bronze and Iron Ages, which culminated in the rise of the Vikings