Thy at the Crossroads. A Local Bronze Age Community’s Role in a Macro-Economic System

• This chapter will trace the impact of this devel- opment from a local vantage point, using pollen diagrams, as well as isotopic data from humans and metals. By combining several datasets, we approach the history of a single individual: that of a non-lo- cal male who was buried at Jestrup in Sønderhå c. 1300–1100 bce with local bronzes and a foreign Rixheim type sword made of copper from south Tyrol (Schauer 1971, Plate 115). We also explore how its geographical location enabled Thy to participate in a global economic system and establish long-dis- tance trade relations which lasted for several hun- dred years. The complexity of the data set allows us to switch between largescale patterns and individ- ual life-stories.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Bronze Age

trade

mobility

Publication and Content Type

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