scholarly journals Birch bark tar and jewellery: The case study of a necklace from the Iron Age (Eckwersheim, NE France)

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blandine Courel ◽  
Philippe Schaeffer ◽  
Clément Féliu ◽  
Yohann Thomas ◽  
Pierre Adam
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Birch Bark ◽  
Birch Bark Tar

scholarly journals Integrating Digital Datasets into Public Engagement through ArcGIS StoryMaps

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-360
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Howland ◽  
Brady Liss ◽  
Thomas E. Levy ◽  
Mohammad Najjar
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
First Century ◽  
Copper Production ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Archaeological Methods ◽  
Three Dimensional Models

AbstractArchaeologists have a responsibility to use their research to engage people and provide opportunities for the public to interact with cultural heritage and interpret it on their own terms. This can be done through hypermedia and deep mapping as approaches to public archaeology. In twenty-first-century archaeology, scholars can rely on vastly improved technologies to aid them in these efforts toward public engagement, including digital photography, geographic information systems, and three-dimensional models. These technologies, even when collected for analysis or documentation, can be valuable tools for educating and involving the public with archaeological methods and how these methods help archaeologists learn about the past. Ultimately, academic storytelling can benefit from making archaeological results and methods accessible and engaging for stakeholders and the general public. ArcGIS StoryMaps is an effective tool for integrating digital datasets into an accessible framework that is suitable for interactive public engagement. This article describes the benefits of using ArcGIS StoryMaps for hypermedia and deep mapping–based public engagement using the story of copper production in Iron Age Faynan, Jordan, as a case study.

Formation and Land-Use History of Celtic Fields in North-West Europe – an Interdisciplinary Case Study at Zeijen, the Netherlands

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theo Spek ◽  
Willy Groenman-van Waateringe ◽  
Maja Kooistra ◽  
Lideweij Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
North West ◽  
Late Iron Age ◽  
History Of

Celtic field research has so far been strongly focused on prospection and mapping. As a result of this there is a serious lack of knowledge of formation and land-use processes of these fields. This article describes a methodological case study in The Netherlands that may be applied to other European Celtic fields in the future. By interdisciplinary use of pedological, palynological and micromorphological research methods the authors were able to discern five development stages in the history of the field, dating from the late Bronze Age to the early Roman Period. There are strong indications that the earthen ridges, very typical for Celtic fields in the sandy landscapes of north-west Europe, were only formed in the later stages of Celtic field agriculture (late Iron Age and early Roman period). They were the result of a determined raising of the surface by large-scale transportation of soil material from the surroundings of the fields. Mainly the ridges were intensively cultivated and manured in the later stages of Celtic field cultivation. In the late Iron Age a remarkable shift in Celtic field agriculture took place from an extensive system with long fallow periods, a low level of manuring and extensive soil tillage to a more intensive system with shorter fallow periods, a more intensive soil tillage and a higher manuring intensity. There are also strong indications that rye (Secale cereale) was the main crop in the final stage of Celtic field agriculture.

Diaspora and the Origins of the Syro-Anatolian Culture Complex

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-68
Author(s):  
James F. Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Central Anatolia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Political Traditions ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
Paul Gilroy ◽  
Cultural Origins

This chapter proposes a model for how the Syro-Anatolian Culture Complex (SACC) arose during the Late Bronze–Iron Age transition at the end of the second millennium and start of the first millennium BCE. It presents SACC as a case study for diaspora studies in the tradition of Paul Gilroy and James Clifford. A series of demographic transformations took place at this time, including small-scale migrations from central Anatolia and the Aegean into southeastern Anatolia, as well as a ruralization of the local settlement patterns from previous major urban centers. Together, these transformations brought several different populations into close contact with one another, resulting in a diverse ethnolinguistic landscape reminiscent of certain contemporary situations of diaspora. It is precisely these mixed cultural origins that have led SACC to be so difficult for scholars to characterize, leading as it did to multiple affiliation groups sharing cultural and political traditions.

Identification of Betulin-Related Esters in Archaeological Birch Bark Tar: Origin and Significance

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Perthuison ◽  
P. Schaeffer ◽  
P. Adam ◽  
P. Debels ◽  
P. Galant
Keyword(s):  
Birch Bark ◽  
Birch Bark Tar

scholarly journals Birch-bark tar in the Roman world: the persistence of an ancient craft tradition?

Antiquity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (372) ◽  
pp. 1553-1568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Regert ◽  
Isabelle Rodet-Belarbi ◽  
Arnaud Mazuy ◽  
Gaëlle Le Dantec ◽  
Rosa Maria Dessì ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birch Bark ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Birch Bark Tar

Abstract

scholarly journals Exploring the Consistency of Data Collected in Archaeological Geophysics: A Case Study from the Iron Age Hillfort of Villasviejas del Tamuja (Extremadura, Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1989
Author(s):  
Carmen Pro ◽  
Bento Caldeira ◽  
Maria Teresa de Tena ◽  
Cristina Charro ◽  
Rui Jorge Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Correlation ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Geophysical Methods ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Resistivity Tomography ◽  
Archaeological Interpretation ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Magnetic Gradiometry ◽  
Strong Agreement

Different geophysical methods applied at the settlement of Villasviejas del Tamuja (Botija, Spain) have identified robust anomalies located at the same position, but some anomalies are reflected by only one method. Furthermore, analysing the spatial correlation of these anomalies is of fundamental importance for obtaining a correct archaeological interpretation. In this work, we analysed the main results of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic gradiometry methods in a particular area of the archaeological site. In this analysis, we performed graphical and numerical spatial correlation analyses of the anomalies and observed strong agreement among the results provided by each method. Certain anomalies were reflected only in the magnetic and ERT studies. The results highlight the importance of applying several geophysical methods and performing spatial correlational analyses. Furthermore, the methodology that we have applied to evaluate the spatial correlation offers interesting results.

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