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View article: From natural- to human-dominated fluvial landscapes: sediment dynamics & anthropogenic interaction of the Wiesent River catchment (NE-Bavaria, Germany)
From natural- to human-dominated fluvial landscapes: sediment dynamics & anthropogenic interaction of the Wiesent River catchment (NE-Bavaria, Germany) Open
Since the Late Holocene the impact of human activity on fluvial systems in Central Europe has reached unprecedented levels, reshaping riverine landscapes and their floodplains. This led to a change in the sedimentary system, causing a tran…
View article: Assessing Settlement Dynamics in Medieval Central and Western Europe
Assessing Settlement Dynamics in Medieval Central and Western Europe Open
Medieval rural settlements have seen a variety of transformations from dispersed to nucleated settlements, from shifting settlements to permanent villages. There are regional developments as well as general trends. In many landscapes in Ce…
View article: The Eternal Peasant and the Timeless Village : Archaeology and Ideologies of the Past
The Eternal Peasant and the Timeless Village : Archaeology and Ideologies of the Past Open
The perspectives on the medieval village and on the historical role of peasants have changed throughout the history of research.Traditional views on history saw rural life as unchangeable and therefore presumed that villages were rooted in…
View article: The Eternal Peasant and the Timeless Village. Archaeology and Ideologies of the Past
The Eternal Peasant and the Timeless Village. Archaeology and Ideologies of the Past Open
The perspectives on the medieval village and on the historical role of peasants have changed throughout the history of research. Traditional views on history saw rural life as unchangeable and therefore presumed that villages were rooted i…
View article: 15. Human Impact on Hydrology
15. Human Impact on Hydrology Open
It is the aim of this contribution to widen the perspective on urban water.Beyond the archaeological traces of water management related to towns, we need to take the ecological consequences of urbanisation into account.On the one hand, the…
View article: Plague and Desertion – A Consequence of Anthropogenic Landscape Change? Archaeological Studies in Southern Germany
Plague and Desertion – A Consequence of Anthropogenic Landscape Change? Archaeological Studies in Southern Germany Open
The formation of villages and the introduction of systematic three-field crop rotation transformed the landscape of western central Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. These processes have often been seen as an important progre…
View article: Element Mapping and Biomarker Analyses in an Early Byzantine City (Caričin Grad, Serbia)
Element Mapping and Biomarker Analyses in an Early Byzantine City (Caričin Grad, Serbia) Open
Soil analyses have a high potential to contribute to the investigation of daily life in ancient settlements. They can help to locate areas of food production, areas of waste disposal, latrines, stables and further functional areas. However…
View article: Environmental drivers of historical grain price variations in Europe
Environmental drivers of historical grain price variations in Europe Open
Grain price (GP) volatility has been a central constituent of European commerce, with fluctuations in barley, rye and wheat prices having been carefully documented over centuries. However, a thorough understanding of the climatic and envir…
View article: An imperial town in a time of transition. Life, environment, and decline of early Byzantine Caričin Grad
An imperial town in a time of transition. Life, environment, and decline of early Byzantine Caričin Grad Open
The site of Caricin Grad in south-eastern Serbia – currently listed on UNESCO’s tentative list – has been the subject of archaeological investigations for more than 100 years. For the last decades it has been the focus of a joint project o…