Archaeology, history and biosciences : Interdisciplinary Perspectives / Susanne Brather-Walter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brather-Walter, Susanne, Editor.

Series:

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; 107.

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde ; 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

Archaeology, History 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

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

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

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110614176

3110614170

9783110616651

3110616653

OCLC:

1104716460