Archaeology, history and biosciences : : Interdisciplinary Perspectives / / ed. by Susanne Brather-Walter.
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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 210 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Archaeology, History and Biosciences -- I. Archaeology and Biosciences -- Archaeology in Times of Scientific Omnipresence -- Pride and Prejudice? On the Relationship Between Archaeology and Biosciences -- Archaeothanatology, the Recognition of Funerary Practices:Recent Examples -- II. Migrations: Mobility and Communication -- Barbarian Migrations and the Agrarian Economy of the Later Roman Empire in the Fourth Century CE -- Bow-Brooches as Ethnic Indicators? A Myth of Early Medieval Archaeoloogy -- III. Transformations: Continuity and Discontinuity -- Transformation or Fall? Perceptions and Perspectives on the Transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages -- Burial Archaeology and the Transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries) -- Funerary Recruitment and Ancient DNA: Making DNA Speak -- IV. Social Structures: Conditions of Life and Social Order -- Archaeology vs Written Sources: The Case of Gothic Women -- Diet Reconstruction Based on C/N Stable Isotope Analysis: What Can It Contribute to Address Questions on Cultural Change? -- Conclusion and Perspectives -- Indices |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110616651 9783110762464 9783110719567 9783110616859 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610178 9783110606195 |
ISSN: | 1866-7678 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110616651 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Susanne Brather-Walter. |