Migration narratives in archaeology / edited by Daniela Hofmann, Catherine J. Frieman, Astrid J. Nyland

• HerausgeberIn: Hofmann, Daniela; Frieman, Catherine J. 1982-; Nyland, Astrid Johanne 1974-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: HotAcademia
• Physical Description: 72 Seiten; Illustrationen

Migration is not just a recent, crisis-driven phenomenon, but a fundamental part of human life - and has always been so. This booklet is aimed at everyone who is interested in human migration in the past. In short texts, we first deconstruct twelve common migration stereotypes which are often encountered in both scholarly texts and other media, such as news reports. While most of our texts are written from an archaeological perspective, they also impact how we see migration in the present. For example, are migrations always violent? What is the demographic impact of migrations? How does migration change both migrants and welcoming societies? A second section explains five common archaeological and scientific methods used to trace past migrations, for example ancient DNA (aDNA), isotopic analysis, and archaeological sourcing methods. In a final part, we present seven selected case studies from the European prehistoric past, from the Stone Age to the early medieval Migration Period. Each text is accompanied by a lavish illustration which functions as a trigger for critical reflection in its own right - whether by provoking laughter, presenting alternative narratives, or inviting emotional responses. The volume also contains a series preface, an introduction, and suggestions for further reading. Enjoy!.

Intro -- Contents -- An introduction to the series - HotAcademia and migration: Myths and realities explained -- Migration in the past and present - stereotypes, methods and stories -- Stereotype 1: Migration is a recent phenomenon -- Stereotype 2: Migration is mass migration -- Stereotype 3: Migration is a one-way, linear process -- Stereotype 4: Migrants are a coherent group -- Stereotype 5: Migrants give up their roots when they migrate -- Stereotype 6: Migrants will eventually assimilate -- Stereotype 7: People don't want to move -- Stereotype 8: Migrations happen because of crises -- Stereotype 9: Migrants will displace locals demographically -- Stereotype 10: Genes determine your ethnicity -- Stereotype 11: Mobile women are a modern phenomenon -- Stereotype 12: Migrations in the past were violent -- Method 1: How to read an arrow on a map -- Method 2: Where do objects come from? -- Method 3: How languages spread -- Method 4: Migration is in your bones! -- Method 5: How does ancient DNA work? -- Narrative 1: Travelling by boat in the Stone Age -- Narrative 2: How farming came to Europe -- Narrative 3: Coping with new surroundings in Neolithic Norway -- Narrative 4: Horses and wagons: technologies of mobility -- Narrative 5: Mobile women in the Bronze Age -- Narrative 6: On the road - paths and routeways -- Narrative 7: Warriors on the loose? The Migration Period -- Suggested reading -- List of authors -- Colophon.