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Archaeology, history and biosciences interdisciplinary perspectives edited by Susanne Brather-Walter.

Contributor(s): Walter, SusanneMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 107.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) illustrations, color mapsISBN: 9783110616651; 3110616653; 3110614170; 9783110614176Subject(s): Archaeology | Archaeology and history | Life sciences | Archaeology, Medieval | Migrations of nations | Archéologie | Archéologie et histoire | Sciences de la vie | Archéologie médiévale | archaeology | historical archaeology | biological sciences | PHILOSOPHY -- General | Archaeology | Archaeology and history | Archaeology, Medieval | Life sciences | Migrations of nationsGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. DDC classification: 930.1 LOC classification: CC77.H5 | A695 2019Other classification: NF 1165 Online resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
Archaeology, history and biosciences: an introduction / Susanne Brather-Walter -- I. Archaeology and Biosciences. Archaeology in times of scientific omnipresence / Stefanie Samida -- Pride and prejudice? On the relationship between archaeology and biosciences / Sabine Deschler-Erb -- Archaeothanatology, the recognition of funerary practices: recent examples / Hélène Réveillas -- II. Migrations: Mobility and Communication. Barbarian migrations and the agrarian economy of the later Roman Empire in the fourth century CE / Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner -- Bow-brooches as ethnic indicators? A myth of early medieval archaeoloogy / Susanne Brather-Walter -- III. Transformations: Continuity and Discontinuity. Transformation or fall?: Perceptions and perspectives on the transition from late antiquity to the Early Middle Ages / Roland Steinacher -- Burial archaeology and the transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries) / Frans Theuws -- Funerary recruitment and ancient DNA: making DNA speak / Clémence Hollard and Christine Keyser -- IV. Social Structures: Conditions of Life and Social Order. Archaeology vs written sources: the case of Gothic women / Magali Coumert -- Diet reconstruction based on C/N stable isotope analysis: what can it contribute to address questions on cultural change? / Andrea Czermak -- Conclusion and perspectives / Philipp von Rummel.
Summary: New scientific methods offer new insights in the past. Promising opportunities for archaeology and historiography are confronted with the challenges of interdisciplinary cooperation between the sciences and the humanities. This volume presents contributions by European researchers, arranged in four sections: fundamental questions of archaeology and biosciences, migrations, transformations, and social structures.
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Archaeology, history and biosciences: an introduction / Susanne Brather-Walter -- I. Archaeology and Biosciences. Archaeology in times of scientific omnipresence / Stefanie Samida -- Pride and prejudice? On the relationship between archaeology and biosciences / Sabine Deschler-Erb -- Archaeothanatology, the recognition of funerary practices: recent examples / Hélène Réveillas -- II. Migrations: Mobility and Communication. Barbarian migrations and the agrarian economy of the later Roman Empire in the fourth century CE / Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner -- Bow-brooches as ethnic indicators? A myth of early medieval archaeoloogy / Susanne Brather-Walter -- III. Transformations: Continuity and Discontinuity. Transformation or fall?: Perceptions and perspectives on the transition from late antiquity to the Early Middle Ages / Roland Steinacher -- Burial archaeology and the transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries) / Frans Theuws -- Funerary recruitment and ancient DNA: making DNA speak / Clémence Hollard and Christine Keyser -- IV. Social Structures: Conditions of Life and Social Order. Archaeology vs written sources: the case of Gothic women / Magali Coumert -- Diet reconstruction based on C/N stable isotope analysis: what can it contribute to address questions on cultural change? / Andrea Czermak -- Conclusion and perspectives / Philipp von Rummel.

New scientific methods offer new insights in the past. Promising opportunities for archaeology and historiography are confronted with the challenges of interdisciplinary cooperation between the sciences and the humanities. This volume presents contributions by European researchers, arranged in four sections: fundamental questions of archaeology and biosciences, migrations, transformations, and social structures.

Susanne Brather-Walter, University of Freiburg, Germany.

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