New publications
Nina Lau: Pilgramsdorf / Pielgrzymowo. Ein Fundplatz der römischen Kaiserzeit in Nordmasowien. Eine Studie zu Archivalien, Grabsitten und Fundbestand
Zwischen Starigard/Oldenburg und Novgorod
Studien zur Siedlungsgeschichte und Archäologie der Ostseegebiete, Band 10
Michael Müller-Wille
Zwischen Starigard/Oldenburg und Novgorod
Beiträge zur Archäologie west- und ostslawischer Gebiete im frühen Mittelalter
Der Band enthält 17 Beiträge zur Archäologie west- und ostslawischer Gebiete im frühen Mittelalter, die überwiegend in den vergangenen zehn Jahren weit verstreut in in- und ausländischen Publikationen veröffentlicht wurden. Die Zusammenstellung ermöglicht einen umfassenden Überblick über die Ergebnisse der in diesem Raum durchgeführten Forschungsprojekte (Besiedlung im Umland slawischer Herrschaftszentren, Ausgrabungen in der Fürstenburg Starigard/Oldenburg in Ostholstein und auf dem Handelsplatz von Reric/Groß Strömkendorf an der Wismarbucht). Darüber hinaus werden in den Beiträgen allgemeine Fragen zur Siedlungs-, Kultur- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte west- und ostslawischer Gebiete behandelt. 21 x 29,7 cm, 304 S., zahlr. Abb., gebunden.
U. Arents und S. Eisenschmidt: Die Gräber von Haithabu
The excavations at Hedeby, vol. 15
The study concerns the approximately 1350 graves that were excavated at the Viking Age settlement Hedeby (Haithabu) between 1812 and 1970. For the first time all Hedeby graves are presented together and analysed from the point of view of grave structure, grave goods and aspects of cultural history. There are both cremation and inhumation burials ranging from graves containing only a few grave goods up to richly furnished chamber graves. Central questions concern the demographic, social and ethnic divisions in the Viking Age population of Hedeby as well as their religious beliefs. All this points once more to the importance of Hedeby as trading post and early town.
Lithic technology in metal using societies
Berit Valentin Eriksen (ed.)
Technological progress is often regarded as one of the major sources for socio-cultural change and in this respect the introduction of metallurgy may well have been the singularly most significant technological innovation in the history of tool production. With few exceptions metal tools are largely superior to flint tools. Nonetheless, there are regions throughout the world where lithic craftsmanship thrived long after metallurgy had been introduced. However, for various reasons the metal objects have usually attracted most of the scholarly attention, whereas the contemporary lithic artefacts have been treated in a more stepchild manner by most archaeological researchers.
The purpose of the present volume is to bring attention to the research potential of the lithic artefacts in question. It embodies the proceedings of a UISPP workshop, the aim of which it was to congregate lithic researchers working on pre- and protohistoric sites and inventories in which lithic technology were of alleged subordinate importance to metal. Participants were encouraged to share knowledge, data and analytical results on inventories from a global range of societies in which tool-stone was being replaced by metal. Papers providing methodological and theoretical insight pertinent to these issues were also invited and the original score of papers presented at the meeting were further enriched by papers from authors who were not able to participate in the workshop.
Contributions by:
Barbara Armbruster, Torben B. Ballin, Jarosław Bronowicki, Angela Davidzon, Chloé Druart, Berit V. Eriksen, Mechtild Freudenberg, Catherine J. Frieman, Annelou van Gijn, Isaac Gilead, Miriam Noël Haidle, Matthieu Honegger, Anders Högberg, Evangelia Karimali, Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis, Mirosław Masojć, Pauline De Montmollin, Udo Neumann, Alfred F. Pawlik, Teresa P. Raczek, Steven A. Rosen, Lasse Sørensen, Jacob Vardi.
Jutland Archaeological Society Publications 67 (2010)
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