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Slovenia's First Peoples: Hunters, Farmers, and Hillforts

Slovenia's First Peoples: Hunters, Farmers, and Hillforts

Markham, Adrian E.

Paperback

Series: The Story of Slovenia

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralGeneral European History

ISBN13: 9798245033976
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 22 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Slovenia's First Peoples: Hunters, Farmers, and Hillforts by Adrian E. Markham traces the deep human story of a land shaped by ice, stone, and memory. Moving from Paleolithic hunters who sheltered in the caves of Divje Babe and Potočka Zijalka to the Bronze and Iron Age communities who built fortified hillforts across Carniola and Styria, Markham reveals how people adapted to a changing world and forged enduring ties to their landscape.

The book follows Slovenia's transformation from glacial wilderness to a crossroads of early European civilization. It explores the arrival of agriculture from the Balkans, the rise of Neolithic villages along the Ljubljanica River, and the evolution of trade routes that carried obsidian, salt, and amber through the Alpine passes. Drawing on archaeology, geology, and modern research, Markham illuminates a world of farmers, metalworkers, and traders who shaped the valleys and uplands of prehistoric Slovenia.

From the haunting Neanderthal flute of Divje Babe to the masterful bronze art of the Vače Situla, Slovenia's First Peoples uncovers a civilization that left its story written in earth and stone. Vivid, precise, and deeply evocative, this book offers an essential introduction to the earliest chapters of Slovenia's human past and the landscapes that still carry their echoes.

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