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View article: Great transitions in Donaumoos land reclamation (Bavaria, Germany) since the late 18th century – a palaeohydrological and historical perspective
Great transitions in Donaumoos land reclamation (Bavaria, Germany) since the late 18th century – a palaeohydrological and historical perspective Open
Systematic human intervention in wetlands has been taking place in central Europe for several centuries. The Donaumoos fen in Upper Bavaria, Germany, has been cultivated since 1788, resulting in the permanent loss of its natural state. The…
View article: The Lower Havel River Region (Brandenburg, Germany): A 230-Year-Long Historical Map Record Indicates a Decrease in Surface Water Areas and Groundwater Levels
The Lower Havel River Region (Brandenburg, Germany): A 230-Year-Long Historical Map Record Indicates a Decrease in Surface Water Areas and Groundwater Levels Open
Instrumental data show that the groundwater and lake levels in Northeast Germany have decreased over the past decades, and this process has accelerated over the past few years. In addition to global warming, the direct influence of humans …
View article: On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere—Current Limitations and Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Research
On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere—Current Limitations and Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Research Open
Floodplains represent a global hotspot of sensitive socioenvironmental changes and early human forcing mechanisms. In this review, we focus on the environmental conditions of preindustrial floodplains in Central Europe and the fluvial soci…
View article: Negotiating the North : Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone
Negotiating the North : Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone Open
This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integr…
View article: Negotiating the North
Negotiating the North Open
This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integr…
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Preface by the editors
View article: Introduction: German trade in the North Atlantic
Introduction: German trade in the North Atlantic Open
Trade from 1400 onwards had an impact upon the North Atlantic region quite out of proportion to its volume. The opening of a ready market for dried fish, in particular, but also cloth, train oil and sulphur encouraged the production for ex…
View article: Gautavik - a trading site in Iceland re-examined
Gautavik - a trading site in Iceland re-examined Open
Gautavík is a well-known archaeological site on the east coast of Iceland. It was partially excavated in 1979 and interpreted as a seasonal occupied trading site, abandoned shortly after c. 1500. However, recent archaeological research on …
View article: Investigating the Norse Harbour of Igaliku (Southern Greenland) Using an Integrated System of Side-Scan Sonar and High-Resolution Reflection Seismics
Investigating the Norse Harbour of Igaliku (Southern Greenland) Using an Integrated System of Side-Scan Sonar and High-Resolution Reflection Seismics Open
This study presents the results of a marine geophysical survey performed in the Igaliku fjord in southern Greenland in order to understand the harbour setting of the former Norse settlement Garðar (modern Igaliku). The aims of the survey w…
View article: English and Hanseatic Trading and Fishing Sites in Medieval Iceland: Report on Initial Fieldwork
English and Hanseatic Trading and Fishing Sites in Medieval Iceland: Report on Initial Fieldwork Open
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View article: Moravian ceramics on St Croix, the Virgin Islands
Moravian ceramics on St Croix, the Virgin Islands Open
The island of St Croix in the Caribbean Sea, today a part of the United States Virgin Islands, is a cultural melting pot of descendants of European settlers, a native population and African slaves....
View article: A multi-technique analytical approach to sourcing Scandinavian flint: Provenance of ballast flint from the shipwreck “Leirvigen 1”, Norway
A multi-technique analytical approach to sourcing Scandinavian flint: Provenance of ballast flint from the shipwreck “Leirvigen 1”, Norway Open
Although Scandinavian flint is one of the most important materials used for prehistoric stone tool production in Northern and Central Europe, a conclusive method for securely differentiating between flint sources, geologically bound to nor…
View article: Clay Tobacco-Pipe Research and Historical Archaeology in Germany, a Difficult Relationship
Clay Tobacco-Pipe Research and Historical Archaeology in Germany, a Difficult Relationship Open
Clay tobacco-pipe studies played an important, yet unacknowledged, role in the formation process of historical archaeology in Germany. Systematic analyses of smoking utensils and the craftsmanship involved in making them were the forerunne…
View article: The Country Where My Heart Is. Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity
The Country Where My Heart Is. Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity Open
The Country Where My Heart Is explores the archaeology of the period during which modern nationalism developed. While much of the previous research has focused on how governments and other institutions manipulate the archaeology of the dis…