Archaeology, history and biosciences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Archaeology, history and biosciences

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by: Susanne Brather-Walter

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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Volume 107 | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde

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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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Susanne Brather-Walter, University of Freiburg, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Archaeology, History and Biosciences Susanne Brather-Walter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. Archaeology and Biosciences
Archaeology in Times of Scientific Omnipresence Stefanie Samida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
Pride and Prejudice? On the Relationship Between Archaeology and Biosciences Sabine Deschler-Erb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Archaeothanatology, the Recognition of Funerary Practices:Recent Examples Hélène Réveillas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
II. Migrations: Mobility and Communication
Barbarian Migrations and the Agrarian Economy of the Later Roman Empire in the Fourth Century CE Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Bow-Brooches as Ethnic Indicators? A Myth of Early Medieval Archaeoloogy Susanne Brather-Walter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
III. Transformations: Continuity and Discontinuity
Transformation or Fall? Perceptions and Perspectives on the Transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages Roland Steinacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Burial Archaeology and the Transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries) Frans Theuws Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
Funerary Recruitment and Ancient DNA: Making DNA Speak Clémence Hollard and Christine Keyser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
IV. Social Structures: Conditions of Life and Social Order
Archaeology vs Written Sources: The Case of Gothic Women Magali Coumert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Diet Reconstruction Based on C/N Stable Isotope Analysis: What Can It Contribute to Address Questions on Cultural Change? Andrea Czermak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
Conclusion and Perspectives Philipp von Rummel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
Indices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205

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eBook published on:

June 4, 2019

eBook ISBN:

9783110616651

Hardcover published on:

June 4, 2019

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110614169

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Front matter:

8

Main content:

210

Illustrations:

18

Coloured Illustrations:

21

Tables:

4

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110616651

eBook ISBN: 9783110616651

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110614169

Keywords for this book

Interdisciplinarity; isotope analysis

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Archaelogists, historians, anthropologists, libraries

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