- Gift Exchange, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Cultural Exchange, Keltische Höh, Mediterranean prehistory, and 175 moreNeolithic Europe, Mesolithic/Neolithic, Neolithic Transition, Neolithic flint procurement, Early Neolithic pottery technology, Early Neolithic, Middle Neolithic, Late Neolithic, Neolithic Britain and Ireland, Neolithic & Chalcolithic enclosures, Neolithic of the Carpathian Basin, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Bronze Age (Archaeology), Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Middle Bronze Age, Bronze Age, Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin, Megalithic Monuments, Megalith, Megaliths (Archaeology), Early Iron Age, Late Iron Age (Archaeology), Ancient DNA, Ancient DNA (Archaeology), Ancient DNA (Anthropology), Stable Isotope Analysis, Stable Isotopes, Stable Isotopes and Palaeodiet, Stable Isotopes and Palaeoenvironment, Forensic Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, Bone and tooth, Climate Change, Geomagnetism, Corded Ware Culture, Corded Ware Settlement Pattern, Bell Beakers (Archaeology), Michelsberg Culture, Palaeoecology, Palaeoenvironment, Palaeoanthropology, Geoarchaeology, Palaeodiet, 14C dating (Archaeology), 13C Isotopes, AMS 14C dating, Palaeopathology, Palaeoclimatology, Bell Beaker, Bell Beaker Culture, Burial rites of the Corded Ware and the Bell Beaker Cultures in Central Europe, Strontium Isotope Analysis, Strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope analysis, Prehistoric Henges, Trichterbecher, Osteology, Human Osteology, Osteology (Anthropology), Juvenile and Infant Osteology, Osteoarchaeology, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Human Osteoarchaeology, Forensic Osteology, Bioarchaeology, human & faunal osteology, Archaeozoology, Palaeolithic Europe, Palaeolithic archaeology, Mesolithic archaeology, Prehistoric transitions, Environmental archaeology, Archaeozoology, Pleistocene fauna, Palaeoclimate, Refugia and recolonisation, Spatial analysis, Palaeolithic art and symbolism, Archaeozoology, Taphonomy, Archaeozoology, Prehistory, Dental Anthropology, Late Hallstatt - Early LT period transition, Hallstatt, Hallstatt and Latene Period, Urnfield Culture, Hügelgräberbronzezeit, Prehistoric Ditched Enclosures, Hillforts and Enclosures, Causewayed Enclosures, Neolithic enclosures, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Religion and ritual in prehistory, Archaeology of Ritual, Subsistance Strategies (Archaeology), Subsistence systems (Archaeology), Domestication (Zooarchaeology), Taphonomy, Paleobiology, Environmental Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Settlement Patterns, Digital Archaeology, 3D Laser Scanning (Archaeology), Archaeological GIS, Archaeological Method & Theory, Archaeological Information Systems (AIS), 3dr Millennium BC (Archaeology), Lithics, Lithic Technology, Archaeological Science, Bioarchaeology, Anthropology of the Body, Zooarchaeology, Burial Customs, Culture, Ritual, Tradition, Archaeology, forensic DNA, Genetics, Geology, Skeletal Trauma Analysis, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Human Evolution, Paleoanthropology, Anthropology of Children and Childhood, Skeletal Biology, Biological Life Course, Hominin Growth and Development, Anthropology, Archaeology of burials, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Diet and Subsistence, Rock Art, Jomon, Makó Kosihy, Nagyrév, Hungary, Neolithic Archaeology, Megaliths, Stone Circles, Stonehenge, Prehistory, Early Bronze Age, Bell Beakers, Europa, Préhistoire, Néolithique, Bronze ancien, Campaniforme, Europe, Peopling of the New World, Subsistence, Rural Sociology, Sociology of Development, Gender Studies, Agrarian Structure, Social Ecology, Civil Society, Community Development, Archaeozoological Data Acquisition, Dental Abrasion Patterns, Infant Burial Practices, Ancient DNA of Human Populations, Mitochondrial DNA, Ancient Migrations, Settlement & Landscape research, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), gvSIG, Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Museum Digital, Stone tools, Paleopathology, Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM), Long Bone Biomechanics, Activity patterns, Oxygen Isotopes, Strontium Isotopes, Human Teeth, Iron Age, Neolithic Scotland, Mesolithic Scotland, Neolithic Alpine axeheads, from the Continent to Great Britain, the Isle of Man and Ireland, and Upland Archaeologyedit
Although hillforts, ritual sites and burial mounds have been in existence in various regions, the German Central Uplands have largely been considered void of rural occupation during the Bronze and Iron Ages (approx. 2100-30 BC). The... more
Although hillforts, ritual sites and burial mounds have been in existence in various regions, the German Central Uplands have largely been considered void of rural occupation during the Bronze and Iron Ages (approx. 2100-30 BC). The presence of these sites, combined with mounting evidence from geoarchives of human impact on the landscape since the Neolithic, has led us to investigate the settlement and landscape history of the Northern Franconian Jura in Bavaria as a model region for studying human activity in and impact on the German Central Uplands during the Metal Ages.In this article, we present the first results of an interdisciplinary study of the Weismain river catchment undertaken since 2013. A combination of geoarchaeological and archaeological, on-site and off-site, field and lab investigations at both valley and plateau sites revealed evidence of human land use and settlement from the 16th century BC (Middle Bronze Age) onwards, with further emerging evidence of changing ...
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Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking... more
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc3. Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia5 and Anatolia6, have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic, geographic and temporal origins of modern domestic horses have remained unknown. Here we pinpoint the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the homeland of modern domestic horses. Furthermore, we map the population changes accompanying domestication from 273 ancient horse genomes. This reveals that modern domestic horses ultimately replaced almost all other local populations as they expanded rapidly across Eurasia from about 2000 bc, synchronously with equestrian material culture, including Sintashta spoke-wheeled char...
Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Indo-European Studies, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), and 15 moreArchaeology of Caucasus, Medicine, Multidisciplinary, Domestication (Zooarchaeology), Nature, Horses in Prehistory, Indoeuropean Studies, Domestication, Domestication of the Horse, Horses, Archaeology of the Eurasian steppe belt, History of Horse Riding, origin of Indo-European languages, Steppe, and Archaeology of Horse and Riders
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Aerial Archaeology, Ritual, Culture, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, and 15 moreArchaeology of Ritual and Magic, Corded Ware Culture, Middle Bronze Age, Tradition, Bandkeramik, Neolithic pottery, Early Neolithic, Burial Customs, Corded Ware Settlement Pattern, Middle European Neolithic, Bandkeramik Culture, Beaker Cultures, Late Celtic Culture, Theoretical Concepts In Archaeology, and Communication In Prehistory
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Ritual, Culture, Neolithic Archaeology, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), and 15 moreNeolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Religion and ritual in prehistory, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Corded Ware Culture, Urnfield Culture, Archaeology of Ritual, Iron Age, Tradition, Hallstatt, Early Bronze Age Archaeology, Burial Customs, Endneolithic in Europe, Endneolithikum, Corded Ware Settlement Pattern, and Late Bronze Age Early Iron Age
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Europe has played a major role in dog evolution, harbouring the oldest uncontested Paleolithic remains and having been the centre of modern dog breed creation. We sequenced the whole genomes of an Early and End Neolithic dog from Germany,... more
Europe has played a major role in dog evolution, harbouring the oldest uncontested Paleolithic remains and having been the centre of modern dog breed creation. We sequenced the whole genomes of an Early and End Neolithic dog from Germany, including a sample associated with one of Europe’s earliest farming communities. Both dogs demonstrate continuity with each other and predominantly share ancestry with modern European dogs, contradicting a previously suggested Late Neolithic population replacement. Furthermore, we find no genetic evidence to support the recent hypothesis proposing dual origins of dog domestication. By calibrating the mutation rate using our oldest dog, we narrow the timing of dog domestication to 20,000-40,000 years ago. Interestingly, we do not observe the extreme copy number expansion of the AMY2B gene that is characteristic of modern dogs and has previously been proposed as an adaptation to a starch-rich diet driven by the widespread adoption of agriculture in t...
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Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking... more
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare1. However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc3. Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia5 and Anatolia6, have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic, geographic and temporal origins of modern domestic horses have remained unknown. Here we pinpoint the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the homeland of modern domestic horses. Furthermore, we map the population changes accompanying domestication from 273 ancient horse genomes. This reveals that modern domestic horses ultimately replaced almost all other local populations as they expanded rapidly across Eurasia from about 2000 bc, synchronously with equestrian material culture, including Sintashta spoke-wheeled char...
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Indo-European Studies, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Archaeology of Caucasus, and 12 moreMultidisciplinary, Domestication (Zooarchaeology), Nature, Horses in Prehistory, Indoeuropean Studies, Domestication, Domestication of the Horse, Horses, Archaeology of the Eurasian steppe belt, History of Horse Riding, origin of Indo-European languages, and Archaeology of Horse and Riders
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Pottery (Archaeology), Neolithic Archaeology, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, and 8 moreDeath and Burial (Archaeology), Corded Ware Culture, Prehistoric Society, Corded Ware Settlement Pattern, Terra Fusca, Wellenleistenkeramik, Motzenstein, and House structure
In comparison with other prehistoric times, children’s burials appear more common in the Corded Ware Culture. Especially multiple burials of children show the careful manner and the specific ways in which these have been performed, and... more
In comparison with other prehistoric times, children’s burials appear more common in the Corded Ware
Culture. Especially multiple burials of children show the careful manner and the specific ways in which
these have been performed, and they also indicate a close social relationship between the buried individual
and the obvious presence of family. The gender-specific foetal position and the found grave goods
within these burials, often applicable to children, leave space for further discussion. The following essay
will, on the one hand, present the better documented features for central and southern Germany which
are important, on the other hand, it will also provide a wide perspective on archaeological evidence of
the children of the Corded Ware Culture by more closely investigating the remaining regions. The aim
is to awaken a greater interest for more comprehensive and analytical structured research work with
regard to this theme.
Culture. Especially multiple burials of children show the careful manner and the specific ways in which
these have been performed, and they also indicate a close social relationship between the buried individual
and the obvious presence of family. The gender-specific foetal position and the found grave goods
within these burials, often applicable to children, leave space for further discussion. The following essay
will, on the one hand, present the better documented features for central and southern Germany which
are important, on the other hand, it will also provide a wide perspective on archaeological evidence of
the children of the Corded Ware Culture by more closely investigating the remaining regions. The aim
is to awaken a greater interest for more comprehensive and analytical structured research work with
regard to this theme.
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Aerial Archaeology, Ritual, Culture, Neolithic Archaeology, and 30 moreNeolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Religion and ritual in prehistory, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Archaeology of Caves and Caverns (Archaeospeleology), Mesolithic/Neolithic, Archaeology of Ritual, Neolithic, Mesolithic, Rock Art, Tradition, Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Museum Digital, gvSIG, Bandkeramik, Archaeology of burials, Neolithic pottery, Early Neolithic, Middle Neolithic, Late Neolithic, Stone tools, Jomon, Burial Customs, Settlement & Landscape research, Diet and Subsistence, Michelsberg Culture, Middle European Neolithic, Bandkeramik Culture, Beaker Cultures, Late Celtic Culture, Theoretical Concepts In Archaeology, Communication In Prehistory, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
This is only a reference to this new book.
I can´t publish the pdf of the paper before 2014.
I can´t publish the pdf of the paper before 2014.
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"This is only a reference to this new book.
I can´t publish the pdf of the paper before 2014."
I can´t publish the pdf of the paper before 2014."
Research Interests: Archaeology, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Religion and ritual in prehistory, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, and 9 moreCorded Ware Culture, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Urnfield Culture, Archaeology of Ritual, Iron Age, Late Hallstatt - Early LT period transition, Endneolithic in Europe, Endneolithikum, and Corded Ware Settlement Pattern
Research Interests: Archaeology, Aerial Archaeology, Ritual, Culture, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, and 16 moreArchaeology of Ritual and Magic, Corded Ware Culture, Middle Bronze Age, Tradition, Bandkeramik, Neolithic pottery, Early Neolithic, Middle Neolithic, Late Neolithic, Early Neolithic, Burial Customs, Corded Ware Settlement Pattern, Middle European Neolithic, Bandkeramik Culture, Beaker Cultures, Late Celtic Culture, Theoretical Concepts In Archaeology, and Communication In Prehistory
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Ritual, Culture, Neolithic Archaeology, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), and 16 moreNeolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology, Religion and ritual in prehistory, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Corded Ware Culture, Early Bronze Age (Archaeology), Urnfield Culture, Archaeology of Ritual, Iron Age, Late Hallstatt - Early LT period transition, Tradition, Late Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Hallstatt, Burial Customs, Endneolithic in Europe, Endneolithikum, and Corded Ware Settlement Pattern
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Schachthöhlen im Bereich der Fränkischen Alb erfuhren während prähistorischer Zeit sehr oft eine Nutzung als Deponierungsorte menschlicher und tierischer Körper sowie anderer Sachfunde. Die Deutung der Einbringungsmotive ist kontrovers,... more
Schachthöhlen im Bereich der Fränkischen Alb erfuhren während prähistorischer Zeit sehr oft eine Nutzung als Deponierungsorte menschlicher und tierischer Körper sowie anderer Sachfunde. Die Deutung der Einbringungsmotive ist kontrovers, wobei die schlechte Forschungslage bislang keine eindeutigen Belege zuließ. Mit Hilfe dreidimensionaler Dokumentationsverfahren sowie akribischer Fundbergung und -analyse bietet die erst jüngst entdeckte Kirschbaumhöhle in Oberfranken erstmals die Chance, die genauere Ablagerungsgeschichte der Fundhorizonte und die rituellen Handlungsabläufe in Verbindung mit naturwissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen zu rekonstruieren.Les grottes verticales ou gouffres du Jura franconien ont fréquemment été utilisées au cours de la préhistoire pout y déposer des corps humains et animaux ainsi que d’autres matériaux. Les raisons derrière ces dépôts sont mal comprises, et les données sûres manquent, étant donné l’état déplorable des recherches entreprises jusqu’à présent....
Research Interests: History, Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeozoology, and 9 moreReligion and ritual in prehistory, Corded Ware Culture, Archaeology of Ritual, Iron Age, Early Bronze Age Archaeology, Cave and Karst Studies, Cave Archaeology, Hallstatt and Latene period Middle Europe, and De Gruyter
We present results from a systematic interdisciplinary study on (pre‐)historic rural settlement and landscape development in an upland region of northern Bavaria, Germany. The archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations—supported... more
We present results from a systematic interdisciplinary study on (pre‐)historic rural settlement and landscape development in an upland region of northern Bavaria, Germany. The archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations—supported by radiocarbon dating, optically stimulated luminescence dating, and palaeoecological analysis—were performed to (i) identify so far unknown prehistoric rural settlement sites, (ii) determine site‐specific soil erosion from colluvial deposits, and (iii) assess the composition of woodland from on‐ and offsite charcoal finds. The earliest indicators of human activities from the Younger Neolithic (late 5th to early 4th millennium B.C.E.) come from colluvial deposits. Our investigations, for the first time, show Middle to Late Bronze Age (ca. 1400–800 B.C.E.), permanent rural settlement in a German central upland region, with a peak in the Late Bronze Age. Due to the varying thicknesses of Bronze Age colluvial deposits, we assume land use practices to have triggered soil erosion. From the spectrum of wood species, Maloideae, ash, and birch are regarded as successional indicators after fire clearance in that period. Settlement continued until the 5th century B.C.E. After a hiatus of 500 years, it re‐flourished in the Late Roman and Migration periods (mid‐3rd–5th century C.E.) and went on in the Medieval period.
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Although hillforts, ritual sites and burial mounds have been in existence in various regions, the German Central Uplands have largely been considered void of rural occupation during the Bronze and Iron Ages (approx. 2100-30 BC). The... more
Although hillforts, ritual sites and burial mounds have been in existence in various regions, the German Central Uplands have largely been considered void of rural occupation during the Bronze and Iron Ages (approx. 2100-30 BC). The presence of these sites, combined with mounting evidence from geoarchives of human impact on the landscape since the Neolithic, has led us to investigate the settlement and landscape history of the Northern Franconian Jura in Bavaria as a model region for studying human activity in and impact on the German Central Uplands during the Metal Ages. In this article, we present the first results of an interdisciplinary study of the Weismain river catchment undertaken since 2013. A combination of geoarchaeological and archaeological, on-site and off-site, field and lab investigations at both valley and plateau sites revealed evidence of human land use and settlement from the 16th century BC (Middle Bronze Age) onwards, with further emerging evidence of changing vegetation, land-use strategies and settlement preferences until the end of the Iron Age. While research is still ongoing, it may be concluded that in the study region, and possibly other parts of the German Central Uplands, land use had begun earlier and was more intense and varied than previously thought.
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In the recent past applications of photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scannings in the Franconian Jura and the Pontic Mountains provided new insights into subterranean ritual landscapes through three-dimensional recordings of rock-cut... more
In the recent past applications of photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scannings in the Franconian Jura and the Pontic Mountains provided new insights into subterranean ritual landscapes through three-dimensional recordings of rock-cut tunnels and natural shaft caves, their ecological features and artificial installations. As such attempts aiming for high-resolution digitalisation of sacr(aliz)ed places exemplify, digital archaeology offers exciting prospects for revealing the unilluminated: underground shrines cut into the bedrock, sequences of events for ritual practices of past communities and hitherto unseen cult facilities carved from the rock. In combination with zooarchaeological, osteological and textual analyses as well as radiocarbon dating 3D digitization enables an integrated socio-spatial approach for reconstructing detailed sequences, e.g., of the deposition of cultic assemblages and the remains of animal and human bodies.
In this session we wish to discuss new ways to document, visualize and investigate invisible ritual landscapes and their built environments through digitalisation of underground structures and the location of finds. We invite contributions presenting case studies applying digital approaches at cavernous sites and current methodologies including cutting-edge technologies that are particularly suitable to explore
• religious and settlement activites of cave-dwelling communities
• prehistoric rock art and architecture as features of sacr(aliz)ed landscapes
• rock-cut tombs and burial assemblages of grave goods deposited in rocky environments
• ritual activites performed at cave sites (e.g. the ritual deposition of human/animal remains or votive offerings).
By focusing on digital religioscapes as cultural landscape inventories we wish to promote new ways for a better understanding of subterranean sacr(aliz)ed places and raise the following questions:
What kind of digital technology is both applicable and appropriate to create digital religioscapes under specific circumstances? How can digital approaches support us in rendering sensorial experiences and reconstructing religious practices of past communities? Which strategies for the visualization of ritual landscapes is offered through digital data?
https://chnt.at/call-for-papers/
In this session we wish to discuss new ways to document, visualize and investigate invisible ritual landscapes and their built environments through digitalisation of underground structures and the location of finds. We invite contributions presenting case studies applying digital approaches at cavernous sites and current methodologies including cutting-edge technologies that are particularly suitable to explore
• religious and settlement activites of cave-dwelling communities
• prehistoric rock art and architecture as features of sacr(aliz)ed landscapes
• rock-cut tombs and burial assemblages of grave goods deposited in rocky environments
• ritual activites performed at cave sites (e.g. the ritual deposition of human/animal remains or votive offerings).
By focusing on digital religioscapes as cultural landscape inventories we wish to promote new ways for a better understanding of subterranean sacr(aliz)ed places and raise the following questions:
What kind of digital technology is both applicable and appropriate to create digital religioscapes under specific circumstances? How can digital approaches support us in rendering sensorial experiences and reconstructing religious practices of past communities? Which strategies for the visualization of ritual landscapes is offered through digital data?
https://chnt.at/call-for-papers/