Title: Archaeology, history and biosciences :
Authors: Brather-Walter, Susanne,
Date: 2019
Publisher: De Gruyter,
Physical description: viii, 210 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: C
Contents: Archaeology, history and biosciences: an introduction / Susanne Brather-Walter -- I. Archaeology and Biosciences. Archaeology in times of scientific omnipresence / Stefanie Samida -- Pride and prejudice? On the relationship between archaeology and biosciences / Sabine Deschler-Erb -- Archaeothanatology, the recognition of funerary practices: recent examples / Hélène Réveillas -- II. Migrations: Mobility and Communication. Barbarian migrations and the agrarian economy of the later Roman Empire in the fourth century CE / Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner -- Bow-brooches as ethnic indicators? A myth of early medieval archaeoloogy / Susanne Brather-Walter -- III. Transformations: Continuity and Discontinuity. Transformation or fall?: Perceptions and perspectives on the transition from late antiquity to the Early Middle Ages / Roland Steinacher -- Burial archaeology and the transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries) / Frans Theuws -- Funerary recruitment and ancient DNA: making DNA speak / Clémence Hollard and Christine Keyser -- IV. Social Structures: Conditions of Life and Social Order. Archaeology vs written sources: the case of Gothic women / Magali Coumert -- Diet reconstruction based on C/N stable isotope analysis: what can it contribute to address questions on cultural change? / Andrea Czermak -- Conclusion and perspectives / Philipp von Rummel.
Subject headings (LCSH): Archaeology and history.; Archaeology, Medieval.; Archaeology.; Life sciences.; Migrations of nations.