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- Alfsdotter, Clara, 1988-, et al.
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A moment frozen in time : evidence of a late fifth-century massacre at Sandby borg
- 2018
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Cambridge Core. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 92:362, s. 421-436
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The European Migration Period (c. AD 400–550) was characterised by political, social and economic instability. Recent excavations at Sandby borg ringfort on the island of Öland in Sweden have revealed indisputable evidence of a massacre which occurred at that time. Osteological, contextual and artefactual evidence strongly suggest that the fort was abandoned immediately following the attack and was left undisturbed throughout antiquity. Sandby borg offers a unique snapshot of domestic life and abrupt death in the Scandinavian Migration Period, and provides evidence highly relevant to studies of ancient conflict, and on social and military aspects of Iron Age and Migration Period societies.
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- Bennerhag, Carina, et al.
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Hunter-gatherer metallurgy in the Early Iron Age of Northern Fennoscandia
- 2021
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Cambridge University Press. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 95:384, s. 1511-1526
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The role of ferrous metallurgy in ancient communities of the Circumpolar North is poorly understood due, in part, to the widespread assumption that iron technology was a late introduction, passively received by local populations. Analyses of two recently excavated sites in northernmost Sweden, however, show that iron technology already formed an integral part of the hunter-gatherer subsistence economy in Northern Fennoscandia during the Iron Age (c. 200-50 BC). Such developed knowledge of steel production and complex smithing techniques finds parallels in contemporaneous continental Europe and Western Eurasia. The evidence presented raises broader questions concerning the presence of intricate metallurgical processes in societies considered less complex or highly mobile.
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- Berggren, Åsa, et al.
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Revisiting reflexive archaeology at Çatalhöyük : integrating digital and 3D technologies at the trowel’s edge
- 2015
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Antiquity Publications. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 89:344, s. 433-448
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to summarize progress in the development of reflexive methods at Çatalhöyük over the past 20 years, and to describe some recent innovations that have used digital and 3D technologies to enhance the original reflexive aims. While digital technologies were not at the forefront of the methods described in an initial account of reflexive methods published in Antiquity (Hodder 1997), it has become clear that many of the original aims can be enhanced by the use of new generations of computer assisted technologies for visualization, recording and planning. The paper does not describe the full use of digital technologies at Çatalhöyük; for example laser scanning is being used as part of the documentation for conservation evaluation. The wider use of digital technologies is discussed by Forte et al (2012); the aim in this paper is to discuss those aspects of digital technologies that relate to the reflexive aims of the project, thereby adding to the continuing discussion on reflexive archaeological practice (see Bender et al. 2007; Berggren 2001; Berggren & Hodder 2003; M. Carver 2011; G. Carver 2011; Castaneda 2008; Chadwick 2003; Edgeworth 2006; Hodder 2003; Silliman 2008; Yarrow 2003).
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- Bonnier, Anton, et al.
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Climate variability and landscape dynamics in the Late Hellenistic and Roman north-eastern Peloponnese
- 2020
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 94:378, s. 1482-1500
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research on ancient Greek rural settlement and agricultural economies often emphasises political agency as a driving force behind landscape change, with comparatively less attention directed to the potential effects of climate. This study analyses climate variability and the spatial configuration of land use in the north-eastern Peloponnese during the Late Hellenistic and Roman (c. 150 BC-AD 300) periods. A synthesis of archaeological field survey data combined with new palaeoclimatological data provides novel insight into how changing climate influenced land use. The authors argue that although climatic variability alone did not drive socio-economic change, drying conditions may have influenced the relocation of agricultural production.
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- Budd, Chelsea, et al.
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All things bright : copper grave goods and diet at the Neolithic site of Osłonki, Poland
- 2020
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Cambridge University Press. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 94:376, s. 932-947
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Understanding socioeconomic inequality is fundamental for studies of societal development in European prehistory. This article presents dietary (δ13C and δ15N) isotope values for human and animal bone collagen from Early Neolithic Osłonki 1 in north-central Poland (c. 4600–4100 cal BC). A new series of AMS radiocarbon determinations show that, of individuals interred at the same time, those with copper artefacts exhibit significantly higher δ13C values than those without. The authors’ results suggest a link between high-status goods and intra-community differences in diet and/or preferential access to the agropastoral landscape.
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- Campanaro, Danilo Marco, et al.
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Re-viewing Pompeian domestic space through combined virtual reality-based eye tracking and 3D GIS
- 2022
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Antiquity Publications. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 96:386, s. 479-486
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents an innovative methodology in which virtual reality-based eye-tracking techniques and 3D Geographical Information Systems are employed to record and measure human visual attention within the virtually reconstructed space of a Pompeian house.
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- Carlie, Anne, et al.
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Archaeology, forensics and the death of a child in Late Neolithic Sweden
- 2014
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 88:342, s. 1148-1163
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The discovery of a child's skeleton in a Late Neolithic well in Sweden raises again the issue of watery rituals and human sacrifice in prehistoric societies. Analysis of diatoms from the right humerus and from the surrounding sediment indicated that the child died by drowning and had not simply been disposed of in the well after death. The scenarios of accidental drowning and murder are examined to account for this discovery. The preferred hypothesis, based on a comparative study of similar finds from north-western Europe, interprets this instead as a ritual sacrifice. The use of diatom analysis to establish drowning as the cause of death adds a new weapon into the armoury of forensic archaeology.
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- Fiedorczuk, Jan, et al.
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Late Magdalenian feminine flint plaquettes from Poland
- 2007
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 81:311, s. 97-105
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The remains of a hunting site dated to 15000 years ago, captured in an ice wedge, included woolly rhinoceros, horse and arctic fox. Also present were 30 flint plaquettes with curvy feminine outlines. The authors show that these unworn flint profiles can be assigned to a canon of Magdalenian art that extends over much of northern Europe.
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- Frei, Karin Margarita, et al.
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Bronze Age wool: Provenance and dye investigations of Danish textiles
- 2017
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Antiquity Publications. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 91, s. 640-654
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2017 Antiquity Publications Ltd. Recent analysis of the wool textiles from the famous Egtved oak coffin burial in Denmark indicated that the wool had been obtained from beyond Denmark. Was this an isolated case or evidence of a large-scale wool trade in the Danish Bronze Age? To investigate the broader pattern of wool provenance, textile manufacturing and trade practices, strontium isotope and organic dye analyses were conducted on textiles from a variety of selected burial contexts. Strontium isotope analysis revealed that at least 75 per cent of the Bronze Age wool samples originated outside present-day Denmark. Results also showed no evidence for the use of organic dyes, thereby supporting the hypothesis that no dyestuffs were used in Nordic Bronze Age textile production. These results challenge extant interpretations of Scandinavian Bronze Age textile provenance, and demonstrate the complexity of exchange networks in wool textiles during this period.
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- Gibbs, Kevin, et al.
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Exploring the emergence of an 'Aquatic' Neolithic in the Russian Far East : organic residue analysis of early hunter-gatherer pottery from Sakhalin Island
- 2017
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Ingår i: Antiquity. - : Antiquity Publications. - 0003-598X .- 1745-1744. ; 91:360, s. 1484-1500
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Neolithic in north-east Asia is defined by the presence of ceramic containers, rather than agriculture, among hunter-gatherer communities. The role of pottery in such groups has, however, hitherto been unclear. This article presents the results of organic residue analysis of Neolithic pottery from Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East. Results indicate that early pottery on Sakhalin was used for the processing of aquatic species, and that its adoption formed part of a wider Neolithic transition involving the reorientation of local lifeways towards the exploitation of marine resources.
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