Archaeological Excavations at Pode Hole Quarry: Bronze Age occupation on the Cambridgeshire Fen-edge

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Regional Coalescence or Further Regionalization?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Zavodny
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Group Identity ◽  
Sociopolitical Development ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Regional Culture ◽  
Grave Good ◽  
Burial Practice ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Prehistoric cultural and sociopolitical development in the mountainous region of Lika, Croatia, is still poorly understood, despite over a century of archaeological excavations. Traditional cultural-historical narratives based on grave good typologies suggest that a unified regional culture, the Iapodes, emerged at the end of the Bronze Age and rapidly expanded across the area. This interpretation, however, has yet to be systematically tested. To better identify and understand to the potential processes of identity formation during this period, this article analyzes mortuary contexts and assemblages as proxies for changing relationships between communities and possible materialization of a shared group identity. Results suggest clear but uneven momentum toward standardized burial practice among groups in neighboring valleys, implying that the creation of a true Iapodian group identity likely took longer than previously thought. Unatoč više od stoljeća arheoloških iskopavanja, stupanj istraženosti kulturnog i društveno-političkog razvoja prapovijesnih zajednica u hrvatskoj planinskoj regiji Lici još uvijek je skroman. Po uvriježenom kulturno-povijesnom tumačenju, temeljenom na tipologijama nalaza iz grobova, Japodi su se, kao jedinstvena regionalna kulturna grupa, pojavili na kraju brončanog doba, te su se vrlo brzo proširili područjem Like. Ovakvu interpretaciju, međutim, tek treba sustavno preispitati. S ciljem boljeg utvrđivanja i razumijevanja potencijalnih procesa formiranja identiteta tijekom ovog razdoblja, u ovom su radu analizirani grobni konteksti i pripadajući skupovi nalaza koji su odraz promjenjivih odnosa među zajednicama, kao i moguće materijalizacije zajedničkog grupnog identiteta. Rezultati analize ukazuju na jasnu, premda neujednačenu težnju ka standardizaciji pogrebne prakse između zajednica susjednih dolina, što sugerira da je proces formiranja pravog japodskog grupnog identiteta vjerojatno trajao duže nego što se pretpostavljalo.

scholarly journals Tell Es-Sultan (Jericho): Radiocarbon Results of Short-Lived Cereal and Multiyear Charcoal Samples from the End of the Middle Bronze Age

Radiocarbon ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik J. Bruins ◽  
Johannes Van Der Plight
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Calibration Curves ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
Radiocarbon Chronology ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Samples from Tell es-Sultan, Jericho, were selected for high-precision 14C dating as a contribution toward the establishment of an independent radiocarbon chronology of Near Eastern archaeology. The material derives from archaeological excavations conducted by K. M. Kenyon in the 1950s. We present here the results of 18 samples, associated stratigraphically with the end of the Middle Bronze Age (MBA) at Tell es-Sultan. Six short-lived samples consist of charred cereal grains and 12 multiyear samples are composed of charcoal. The weighted average 14C date of the short-lived grains is 3306 ± 7 bp. The multiyear charcoal yielded, as expected, a somewhat older average: 3370 ± 6 bp. Both dates are more precise than the standard deviation (a) of the calibration curves and the absolute standard of oxalic acid. Calibration of the above Jericho dates is a bit premature, because several groups are currently testing the accuracy of both the 1986 and 1993 calibration curves. Nevertheless, preliminary calibration results are presented for comparison, based on 4 different calibration curves and 3 different computer programs. Wiggles in the calibration curves translate the precise bp dates into rather wide ranges in historical years. The final destruction of MBA Jericho occurred during the late 17th or the 16th century bc. More definite statements about the calibrated ages cannot be made until the accuracy of available calibration curves has been tested. Development of calibration curves for the Eastern Mediterranean region would be important.

Plant remains from Jiyeh/Porphyreon, Lebanon (seasons 2009–2014): preliminary results of archaeobotanical analysis and implications for future research

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 487-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Badura ◽  
Ewelina Rzeźnicka ◽  
Urszula Wicenciak ◽  
Tomasz Waliszewski
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Residential Quarter ◽  
Unknown Area ◽  
Mediterranean Archaeology ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Over Time

The seaside settlement of Jiyeh in Lebanon, now identified with the ancient Porphyreon, boasts a history dating back to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age when Phoenicia occupied part of the Levantine coast (eastern Mediterranean). Extensive archaeological excavations by a team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw have focused on the urban residential quarter, which consists of numerous houses and buildings separated by passages, containing material that has provided important insights into the lives of its inhabitants over time. However, as archaeobotanical studies had not been conducted there before, the question of plant use remains an important and largely unknown area of research. This article presents the first botanical results from Jiyeh (seasons 2009–2014) and considers their implications for future cooperation between archaeologists and natural scientists.

Prehistoric settlement and ritual activities at Barassie, South Ayrshire

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-94
Author(s):  
Iraia Arabaolaza
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The West ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Between 2008 and 2012 archaeological excavations at Barassie near Troon revealed a palimpsest site, which included Mesolithic pits, early Neolithic structures, middle to late Neolithic pits, Bronze Age pits and boundary ditches. This account incorporates the results of these excavations into the expanding corpus of prehistoric archaeological remains along the west coast of central Scotland.

Çatal Hüyük—The Textiles and Twined Fabrics

1965 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold B. Burnham
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Woven Fabrics ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Arid Conditions ◽  
Metallic Salts ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Intense Heat ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Ancient textiles in archaeological excavations are preserved only under unusual circumstances, and it is for this reason that the discoveries at Çatal Hüyük in 1961, and repeated in following seasons, of woven and twined materials possess an excitement out of all proportion to their visual appearance. Until these were found, the earliest woven fabrics known were from the Fayûm in Egypt which are usually dated to the fifth millennium B.C. The finds in Level VI of Çatal Hüyük push the history of the textile arts back to the beginning of the sixth millennium.For textiles to survive in a more or less natural state requires either extremely arid conditions as in Egypt or Peru, or permafrost as in the Norse burials in Greenland, and in the tombs of the Scythian and Hunnish princes in Siberia. The presence of certain chemicals may act as a preservative: tannin in the Bronze Age burials in Denmark or metallic salts impregnating the fibres of the silks found in the patina of Chinese bronzes of the early dynasties. At Çatal Hüyük, a simpler agent is responsible for the survival of the fragments that have been found. In the fire that apparently destroyed the buildings of Level VI in which they were found, they were subject to intense heat. Due to the scarcity of oxygen in the space in which they were confined under the low clay platforms, the fabrics were not consumed, but only thoroughly carbonized. This made them chemically inert, and no longer subject to the growth of the destructive moulds that under normal conditions lead to the total decay of most animal and vegetal matter.

scholarly journals Geophysical Survey And Archaeological Excavations In the Neolithic and Bronze-Age Settlement of La Dou (Girona, Spain). A combined approach to a new site

2017 ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Roger Sala ◽  
Robert Tamba ◽  
Ekhine Garcia-Garcia ◽  
Gabriel Alcalde ◽  
Vanessa Navarrete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Geophysical Survey ◽  
Combined Approach ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Preliminary Report on Archaeological Excavations in Sophtades, Cyprus: Pre-Byzantine Pottery

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-336
Author(s):  
Vakhtang Licheli ◽  
Giorgi Gagoshidze ◽  
Merab Kasradze
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
The Village ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Abstract The article is devoted to the materials found during the excavations of St. George Church located in the southern part of Cyprus, near the village of Softades. In the cultural layers inside of this church, pottery belonging to the Roman period, Iron Age and Late Bronze Age has been discovered. It is discussed in this article.

scholarly journals On-Site VIS-NIR Spectral Reflectance and Colour Measurements—A Fast and Inexpensive Alternative for Delineating Sediment Layers Quantitatively? A Case Study from a Monumental Bronze Age Burial Mound (Seddin, Germany)

Heritage ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 528-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Haburaj ◽  
Moritz Nykamp ◽  
Jens May ◽  
Philipp Hoelzmann ◽  
Brigitta Schütt
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Hyperspectral Data ◽  
Burial Mound ◽  
Spectral Measurements ◽  
Administrative District ◽  
Colour Measurements ◽  
Sediment Layers ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

Quantitative sediment analyses performed in the laboratory are often used throughout archaeological excavations to critically reflect on-site stratigraphic delineation. Established methods are, however, often time-consuming and expensive. Recent studies suggest that systematic image analysis can objectivise the delineation of stratigraphic layers based on fast quantitative spectral measurements. The presented study examines how these assumptions prevail when compared to modern techniques of sediment analysis. We examine an archaeological cross-section at a Bronze Age burial mound near Seddin (administrative district Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany), consisting of several layers of construction-related material. Using detailed on-site descriptions supported by quantitatively measured sediment properties as a measure of quality, we compare clustering results of (i) extensive colour measurements conducted with an RGB and a multispectral camera during fieldwork, as well as (ii) selectively sampled sedimentological data and (iii) visible and near infrared (VIS-NIR) hyperspectral data, both acquired in the laboratory. Furthermore, the influence of colour transformation to the CIELAB colour space (Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage) and the possibilities of predicting soil organic carbon (SOC) based on image data are examined. Our results indicate that quantitative spectral measurements, while still experimental, can be used to delineate stratigraphic layers in a similar manner to traditional sedimentological data. The proposed processing steps further improved our results. Quantitative colour measurements should therefore be included in the current workflow of archaeological excavations.

The Late Bronze Age Eruption of Santorini Volcano and Its Impact on the Ancient Mediterranean World

Elements ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy H. Druitt ◽  
Floyd W. McCoy ◽  
Georges E. Vougioukalakis
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Atmospheric Effects ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Regional Impacts ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
Minoan Crete ◽  
Santorini Volcano ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

The Late Bronze Age eruption of Santorini occurred 110 km north of Minoan Crete (Greece). Having discharged between 48 and 86 km3 of magma and rock debris, the eruption ranks as one of the largest of the last 10,000 years. On Santorini, it buried the affluent trading port of Akrotiri. Modern volcanological research has reconstructed the eruption and its regional impacts in detail, while fifty years of archaeological excavations have unraveled the events experienced by the inhabitants of Akrotiri during the months that led up to the eruption. Findings do not favour a direct relationship between the eruption and the decline of the Minoan civilization, although tsunamis and atmospheric effects may have weakened Cretan society through impacts on shipping, trade and agriculture.

scholarly journals Craniological Materials of the Late Bronze Age from the Berezovsky V Kurgan Cemetery in the Trans Urals

2020 ◽  
pp. 254-267
Author(s):  
Аleksey Nechvaloda
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
Burial Mound ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Facial Skeleton ◽  
Burial Site ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Severe Wear ◽  
Full Face ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

This paper is dedicated to discussion of craniological materials obtained from Berezovsky 5 burial mound in the southern Trans-Urals during archaeological excavations in 1994. The mound necropolis dates back to the Late Bronze Age (14th to 13th сс. BC) and relates to the Kozhumberdy stage in the Alakul development line of the Andronovo cultural community. Three researched skulls, two of them male and one female, originate from mound 6 of this burial site. The dental system of a young woman has undergone severe wear as a result of work activity. The craniological research of the female skull using Heincke formula made it possible to tentatively judge about its morphological affinity to skulls from the Laimberdy burial site and a combined skull set of the Akakul culture from the Trans-Urals. Basing on the female skull we have performed a graphic reconstruction of her appearance full face. The female skull shows some Mongoloid traits. Two male skulls failed to preserve their facial skeletons, except for braincases. The indicators of facial skeleton flattening at the orbital level can also testify to the presence of the Mongoloid component in their craniological type.

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