Across the Alps in prehistory : isotopic mapping of the Brenner Passage by bioarchaeology / Gisela Grupe, Andrea Grigat, George C. McGlynn, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grupe, Gisela, 1956- editor.

Grigat, Andrea, editor.

McGlynn, George (Paleoanthropologist), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Alps.

Prehistoric peoples.

Prehistoric peoples--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Human beings--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy)--Migrations.

Human beings.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Human remains (Archaeology).

Animal remains (Archaeology)--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Isotope geology--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Isotope geology.

Archaeological chemistry.

Prehistoric peoples--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy)--Population.

Demographic archaeology--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Demographic archaeology.

Commerce, Prehistoric--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Commerce, Prehistoric.

Culture diffusion--Alps--History.

Culture diffusion.

Paleobiology--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Paleobiology.

Paleoanthropology--Brenner Pass (Austria and Italy).

Paleoanthropology.

Human beings--Migrations.

Prehistoric peoples--Population.

History.

Population.

Alps.

Europe--Brenner Pass.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 255 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

At the heart of this book is the matter of how isotopic landscapes combined with data mining enriches insights on prehistoric migration and cultural transfer. Isotopic mapping is an indispensable tool for the assessment of mobility and trade in the past, but is limited by eco-geographic redundancies. An interdisciplinary research group focuses on the archaeological isotopic landscape of a reference region of outstanding importance, namely the transalpine migration route via the Brenner Pass which has been in use since the Mesolithic. Over the period of several cultural epochs, cremation was either the most common or exclusive burial custom practiced. For the first time, a systematic and large scale investigation of cremated remains was being conducted in the field of prehistoric migration research. 87Sr/86Sr, 208Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 206Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/207Pb, 206Pb/207Pb and - if applicable - also delta18O were measured in human and animal skeletal finds, an isotopic map was established, and innovative methods of data mining and similarity research have been applied to accomplish this novel approach to studying prehistoric migration and culture transfer. The book has interdisciplinary appeal and scholars working in bioarchaeology, physical anthropology and computer applications in life sciences will find it of particular interest.

Contents:

Transalpine mobility and trade since the Mesolithic / Carola Metzner-Nebelsick, Amei Lang, C. Sebastian Sommer, and Bernd Steidl

The concept of isotopic landscapes : modern ecogeochemistry versus bioarchaeology / Gisela Grupe, Stefan Hölzl, Christoph Mayr, and Frank Söllner

Early Roman transfer of animals across the Alps : setting the stage for interpreting the results of isotope fingerprinting / Joris Peters, Markus Gschwind, Ferdinand Neuberger, Bernd Steidl, and Simon Trixl

The crystalline state of archaeological bone material / Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Balazs Kocsis, Anita Toncala, Dominika Wycisk, and Gisela Grupe

The isotopic fingerprint : new methods of data mining and similarity search / Markus Mauder, Eirini Ntoutsi, Peer Kröger, and Hans-Peter Kriegel

Isotopic map of the Inn-Eisack-Adige-Brenner Passage and its application to prehistoric human cremations / Anita Toncala, Frank Söllner, Christoph Mayr, Stefan Hölzl, Karin Heck, Dominika Wycisk, and Gisela Grupe

Current synthesis and future options / Gisela Grupe, Martin Grünewald, Markus Gschwind, Stefan Hölzl, Peer Kröger, Amei Lang, Christoph Mayr, George C. McGlynn, Carola Metzner-Nebelsick, Ferdinand Neuberger, Joris Peters, Simone Reuß, Wolfgang Schmahl, Frank Söllner, C. Sebastian Sommer, Bernd Steidl, Simon Trixl, and Dominika Wycisk.

Notes:

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319415482

3319415484

OCLC:

951761211