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Der Büechlihau bei Füllinsdorf
Der ‹Keltenschatz von Füllinsdorf› sorgte 2011 für grosses mediales Aufsehen. Das um 90–70 vor Christus niedergelegte Ensemble von 355 Silbermünzen ist der grösste erhaltene Edelmetall-Münzhort dieser Epoche im Gebiet der heutigen Schweiz. Über ein Jahr lang war der Fund geheim gehalten worden, weil sich rasch herausstellte, dass er nicht die einzige wertvolle Deponierung an diesem Hang war. Nach intensivem Absuchen des Geländes und gezielten Nachgrabungen steht fest: Von der späten Latènezeit bis ans Ende der Römerzeit, in einem Zeitraum von rund 500 Jahren, wurde der markante Hügel oberhalb der römischen Koloniestadt Augusta Raurica wiederholt aufgesucht, um Münzen und w...
Forensic Taphonomy
Links have recently been established between the study of death assemblages by archaeologists and paleontologists (taphonomy) and the application of physical anthropology concepts to the medicolegal investigation of death (forensic anthropology). Forensic Taphonomy explains these links in a broad-based, multidisciplinary volume. It applies taphonomic models in modern forensic contexts and uses forensic cases to extend taphonomic theories. Review articles, case reports, and chapters on methodology round out this book's unique approach to forensic science.
Institutions and Individuals
This second part of the 2 volume collection comprises a collection of essays in English by leading scholars on 19th century institutions and individuals presenting the latest developments in international scholarship on the numismatic world in the long 19th century. In the 19th century, developments in the study and collection of coins set the cornerstone for modern numismatics. This volume comprises a collection of essays in English by international leading scholars that highlight significant figures of 19th century research and the state of the numismatic trade in their time. Centering around collectors and scholars of ancient, medieval, modern, as well as on non-Western coinage and medals against the backdrop of the political, cultural, economic, and social changes of the era, this book presents the latest scholarship on numismatics’ contribution to the cultural history of the 19th century. This volume is essential for students and scholars alike interested in 19th century history and the history of coins.
The Baiuvarii and Thuringi
A study of two Germanic tribes, the Baiuvarii and Thuringi, looking at their origins, development, and customs between the fifth and the eighth centuries. The large neighbouring tribes of the Baiuvarii and Thuringi, who lived between the Alps and the River Elbe from the fifth to eighth centuries, are the focus of this book. Using a variety of different sources drawn from the fieldsof archaeology, history, linguistics and religion, the contributions discuss how an ethnos, a gens, or a tribe, such as the Baiuvarii or Thuringi, might appear in the written and archaeological evidence. For the Thuringi tribal traditions started around the year 400 or even earlier, while the Baiuvarii experienced ...
Image and Ornament in the Early Medieval West
Scholarship often treats the post-Roman art produced in central and north-western Europe as representative of the pagan identities of the new 'Germanic' rulers of the early medieval world. In this book, Matthias Friedrich offers a critical reevaluation of the ethnic and religious categories of art that still inform our understanding of early medieval art and archaeology. He scrutinises early medieval visual culture by combining archaeological approaches with art historical methods based on contemporary theory. Friedrich examines the transformation of Roman imperial images, together with the contemporary, highly ornamented material culture that is epitomized by 'animal art.' Through a rigorous analysis of a range of objects, he demonstrates how these pathways produced an aesthetic that promoted variety (varietas), a cross-cultural concept that bridged the various ethnic and religious identities of post-Roman Europe and the Mediterranean worlds.
Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology
Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of archaeological sites and contexts. Taking a pragmatic and functional approach, this book presents: a fundamental, broad-based perspective of the essentials of modern geoarchaeology in order to demonstrate the breadth of the approaches and the depth of the problems that it can tackle. the rapid advances made in the area in recent years, but also gives the reader a firm grasp of conventional approaches. covers traditional topics with the emphasis on landscapes, as well as anthropogenic deposits and site formation proce...
Applied Soils and Micromorphology in Archaeology
This book uniquely focuses on all aspects of archaeological soil micromorphology, based upon the authors' joint sixty years of worldwide studies.
Eisenverhüttung im Dürsteltal
In den Jahren 1995 bis 1997 wurden nahe dem Kloster Schöntal zwei mittelalterliche Öfen freigelegt, in denen man Eisenerz verhüttete. Die ältere Anlage, die vielleicht noch aus dem 12. Jahrhundert stammt, diente wahlweise der Produktion von direkt schmiedbarem Eisen, hauptsächlich aber eines Gusseisens, das erst in einem zweiten Arbeitsschritt schmiedbar gemacht wurde. Die andere Anlage ist hingegen eindeutig ein Hochofen, der ausschliesslich in diesem zweiten, indirekten Verfahren Eisen produzierte. Er stammt wohl aus dem 13. Jahrhundert und gehört damit zu den ältesten Belegen dieses Typs in Europa. Das Buch legt die Funde der beiden Öfen und der zugehörigen Arbeitseinrichtungen vor und wertet das gesamte Material aus. Grosse Mengen an Eisenschlacken geben zudem Einblick in die Eisengewinnung und -verarbeitung in einer Zeit des technologischen Umbruchs.
Archaeological and Historical Aspects of West-European Societies
The contents of this volume of essays in his honour gives a good overview of the fields in which Prof. Van Doorselaer has been active throughout his academic career. This book is especially an Album Amicorum, filled with reminiscences and intentions to continue the work. The voluminous size of this book may be considered as an adequate measure of the overall sympathy for Prof. Van Doorselaer. We hope that this publication may encourage him to remain active in the field of archaeology, and that the co-operation among colleagues, stimulated by this project, may be continued in the future.
