Hunters in Transition

Lars Ivar Hansen, Dr. Philos. (1991) is Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at the Department of History and Religious Studies, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway. He has published monographs and many articles on economic and social history, including inter-ethnic relations in northern Fennoscandia.Bjørnar Olsen is Professor of Archaeology at the Department of Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway. He has written a number of papers and books on northern prehistory and history, material culture, and archaeological theory.

• Acknowledgements ... viiList of Figures ... ix1 Introduction ... 12 Changing Views on the Origins of the Sami ... 93 Economic Specialization and Ethnic Consolidation: NorthernHunting Societies in the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages ... 394 Colonization, Contacts and Change, 1200–1550 ... 1415 State Integration and Sami Rights ca. 1550–1750 ... 2296 Missionaries and Shamans: Sami Religion and the Campaign Against it ... 313Epilogue ... 351Chronology ... 355Table of Relations ... 357Bibliography ... 361General Index ... 383Index of Personal Names ... 395Index of Place Names ... 398