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

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.