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The research and public outreach project Urban Encounters: Mobility, Migration and Networks in Pr... more The research and public outreach project Urban Encounters: Mobility, Migration and Networks in Pre-and Early Modern Scandinavia and Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) hereby invite you to a conference exploring new perspectives in research into pre-and early modern urbanism in Northern Europe. The project Urban Encounters is funded by the Velux Foundation and is a collaborative project between the Museum of Copenhagen, Odense City Museums, the Nya Lödöse project in Gothenburg and UrbNet at Aarhus University, a Centre of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers with an interest in pre-and early modern urbanism in Northern Europe to discuss the ideas behind the research initiative Urban Encounters: Mobility, Migration and Networks in Pre-and Early Modern Scandinavia. We wish to discuss methods and source materials but also theoretical approaches which can enlighten the overall theme. Ideas and materials from archaeology, history or other related disciplines are all welcome contributions, not least interdisciplinary initiatives. Through a broad understanding of the concepts " migration " , " mobility " and " networks " , Urban Encounters aim to explore ways of studying urbanism by tracing different types of actors, meetings and networks in the material culture and seeing how these affected the urban places.
Towns as meeting places – exploring urban encounters, networks and people in premodern northern E... more Towns as meeting places – exploring urban encounters, networks and people in premodern northern Europe
13-14 October 2016, Moesgård, Aarhus University
Papers by Hanna Dahlström
Aarhus University Press eBooks, Aug 15, 2018
Acta Archaeologica, 2019
The information which can be extracted from studying craft and production in past societies is by... more The information which can be extracted from studying craft and production in past societies is by no means limited to technology and exchange. Analysing thechaîne opératoireof iron production in medieval society provides a new perspective and knowledge of its role for urban development. Seen as a complex network of economic, social and material relations, craft and production are embedded in society and have the power to influence it. This article presents and discusses the remains of blacksmithing found at the site of Rådhuspladsen (‘City Hall Square’) in Copenhagen. The analysis focuses on the scale, types and organisation of the ironworking, as well as identifying the people who may have been involved, including their social and geographical networks. This study aims to better understand the role of iron production for the development of medieval Copenhagen and in general, its role in medieval Danish towns.
Aarhus University Press eBooks, Apr 1, 2020
Historical sources state that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absalo... more Historical sources state that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absalon. However, during the excavation for the new metro in central Copenhagen in 2011, a previously unknown early medieval cemetery was discovered and excavated at the Town Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen). Radiocarbon analysis was conducted on the 9 individuals found in situ, together with 11 individuals from the other early medieval cemetery in Copenhagen, belonging to the St Clemens church. The radiocarbon analysis place the onset of the cemeteries to the early 11th century AD and therefore questions the age of Copenhagen and hence the archaeological and historical perception of the Danish historical record.
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2013
Copenhagen's origin and early development have long been subject to study, and has since the nine... more Copenhagen's origin and early development have long been subject to study, and has since the nineteenth century resulted in numerous and sometimes conflicting theories. The dearth of large excavations in the old parts of the city in modern times has resulted in fragmentary archaeological evidence and a concomitant lack of synthesis of a more modern nature. In connection with the current, large-scale, excavations connected to the Metro Cityring project (2009-), the Museum of Copenhagen has had the opportunity to conduct major excavations pertinent to the development of the medieval town. The site at Rådhuspladsen (the Town Hall Square) lies on the borders of the high and late medieval town, but in an area traditionally seen as located outside the earliest settlement. The preliminary results from this excavation, together with indications from excavations and watching briefs in recent years, enable us to update our hitherto knowledge and beliefs about the origins of Copenhagen. The discovery of a previously unknown cemetery at Rådhuspladsen, together with a large number of pits and wells backfilled with household refuse and waste from iron working, yields new information on the activities in the early town, and perhaps also clues to the organisation and power structure of the town's early phase. This article sketches in broad outline the early medieval findings from Rådhuspladsen as well as some of the recent years' archaeological observations from around the city centre. Together, these form the background for a discussion on the organisation and character of Copenhagen in the early medieval period, and some preliminary hypotheses concerning the urbanisation process of the city.
Nature
The history of the British Isles and Ireland is characterized by multiple periods of major cultur... more The history of the British Isles and Ireland is characterized by multiple periods of major cultural change, including the influential transformation after the end of Roman rule, which precipitated shifts in language, settlement patterns and material culture1. The extent to which migration from continental Europe mediated these transitions is a matter of long-standing debate2–4. Here we study genome-wide ancient DNA from 460 medieval northwestern Europeans—including 278 individuals from England—alongside archaeological data, to infer contemporary population dynamics. We identify a substantial increase of continental northern European ancestry in early medieval England, which is closely related to the early medieval and present-day inhabitants of Germany and Denmark, implying large-scale substantial migration across the North Sea into Britain during the Early Middle Ages. As a result, the individuals who we analysed from eastern England derived up to 76% of their ancestry from the con...
Journal of Urban Archaeology, 2020
We compute the contribution to the three{point temperature correlation function of the Cosmic Mic... more We compute the contribution to the three{point temperature correlation function of the Cosmic Microwave Background coming from the non{linear evolution of Gaussian initial perturbations, as described by the Rees{Sciama (or integrated Sachs{Wolfe) e ect. By expressing the collapsed three{point function in terms of multipole amplitudes, we are able to calculate its expectation value for any power spectrum and for any experimental setting on large angular scales. We also give an analytical expression for the rms collapsed three{point function arising from the cosmic variance of a Gaussian uctuation eld. In the case of COBE DMR, we nd that the predicted signal is about three orders of magnitude below that expected from the cosmic variance.
Journal of Glass Studies, 2020
Radiocarbon
Historical sources reveals that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absa... more Historical sources reveals that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absalon. However, during the excavation for the new metro in central Copenhagen a previously unknown early medieval cemetery was discovered and excavated at the Town Hall Square. Radiocarbon (14C) analysis was conducted on the 9 individuals found in situ, together with 11 individuals from the other early medieval cemetery in Copenhagen, belonging to the St Clemens church. The radiocarbon analysis places the onset of the cemeteries to the early 11th century AD and therefore questions the age of Copenhagen and hence the archaeological and historical perception of the Danish historical record. Here a detailed account of the radiocarbon-based Bayesian model is presented.
Danish Journal of Archaeology
META Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift, 2020
En modell för stadsarkeologi? Om Bayesiansk modellering av 14 C-dateringar från det medeltida Köp... more En modell för stadsarkeologi? Om Bayesiansk modellering av 14 C-dateringar från det medeltida Köpenhamn.
Kronologi är en av arkeologins basala men absolut viktigaste redskap för att förstå och tolka händelser i det förflutna. På grund av det arkeologiska källmaterialets mer eller mindre fragmentariska natur kan förståelsen av en plats kronologi dock vara besvärlig. Som en del i arbetet med att analysera framväxten av det tidigmedeltida København, har möjligheterna att använda bayesiansk modellering av 14C-dateringar utforskats. Genom bayesiansk modellering av material från två tidigmedeltida kyrkogårdar samt intilliggande bebyggelse har dateringen av de tidigaste aktiviteterna i København kunnat snävas in och förläggas till 1000-talets första hälft. Modellerna har indirekt bidragit till att skapa en ny kronologi för viktiga händelser i stadens tidiga historia. Skapandet av modellerna har dock varit ett komplext arbete med många potentiella felkällor. Studien visar att bayesiansk modellering ökar möjligheterna att använda sig av 14 C-analyser i urban arkeologi, trots den utbredda problematiken med redeponerat material i städernas kulturlager. I artikeln redovisas arbetsprocessen som ligger bakom skapandet av modellerna för Köpenhamn, med särskilt fokus på att presentera metodens potential men också dess begränsningar.
Journal of Urban Archaeology, 2020
This article analyses the formation and early development of Copenhagen, Denmark through the meth... more This article analyses the formation and early development of Copenhagen, Denmark through the methodological concept of biography. How can we understand the development of the town from a small, anonymous port in the eleventh century to the successful merchant’s town that it was in the thirteenth century? Which people, events, and wider processes in society had impact on the development of early Copenhagen? In this article, a biographical approach is used as a way of looking at the development from a contemporary perspective, considering actors and processes involved in the first settlement without seeing it through the prism of the later ‘result’ – the medieval merchant’s town. This can hopefully give a more nuanced understanding of the actions and events of importance for the development of the town and contribute to an understanding of the course of medieval urbanisation as an unpredictable process without a given ‘result’. The study takes its starting point in the new archaeological information revealed in Copenhagen in later years, which together with the re-examination of older archaeological material, historical sources, and new ways to statistically model radiocarbon data, present a picture of a dynamic initial period of the town, with several actors involved in the course of events shaping the town.
Land og by på tværs 1000-1800. Festskrift til Bjørn Poulsen., 2020
I undersøgelser af middelalderens urbanisme antages det ofte, at der eksisterer en modsætning mel... more I undersøgelser af middelalderens urbanisme antages det ofte, at der eksisterer en modsætning mellem det urbane og det rurale liv. Man går ud fra, at det urbane liv er mere socialt og økonomisk komplekst end det rurale, noget, der burde kunne belyses arkæologisk via forskellene i genstandsrepertoiret fra henholdsvis urbane og rurale udgravninger. Imidlertid findes der kun få egentlige komparative undersøgelser af den materielle kultur i henholdsvis byer og på landet, og de seneste års arkæologiske undersøgelser tegner tilmed et mere komplekst billede end det fremherskende ”urban versus rural”. Målet med denne artikel er derfor at nuancere forståelsen af livet i byer og landsbyer i middelalderens Danmark, med udgangspunkt i udviklingen af urbanitet/det urbane liv i middelalderens København. Ved at sammenligne specifikke fundkategorier fra udvalgte danske byer med samme kategorier fra omkringliggende landsbyer adresseres/behandles emner som levevilkår/underhold, forbrug, handel og forbindelser til større netværk.
Acta Archaeologica Vol. 90:2 Manifestations of urbanity, 2019
The information which can be extracted from studying craft and production in past societies is by... more The information which can be extracted from studying craft and production in past societies is by no means limited to technology and exchange. Analysing the chaîne opératoire of iron production in medieval society provides a new perspective and knowledge of its role for urban development. Seen as a complex network of economic, social and material relations, craft and production are embedded in society and have the power to influence it. This paper presents and discusses the remains of blacksmithing found at the site of Rådhuspladsen, medieval Copenhagen. The analysis focuses on the scale, types and organisation of the iron working, as well as identifying the people who may have been involved, including their social and geographical networks. The aim of this study is to better understand the role of iron production for medieval Copenhagen, and in general its role in medieval Danish towns.
METROPOL No. 1, 2020
Recent archaeological excavations around present-day City Hall Square in central Copenhagen has r... more Recent archaeological excavations around present-day City Hall Square in central Copenhagen has revealed ground-breaking information about the oldest phase of the town’s history. The findings of a cemetery from the 11th century, unknown from written sources and placed outside the later, fortified medieval town, is a “game changer” for our understanding of what, and who were behind the formation and early development of the town. At the City Hall Square were also found quite large scale remains of workshops involved in black-smithing, dating to the late 11th to early 14th century. The findings contribute with valuable information about subsistence, but also of the geographical and actor-based networks of importance for the further development of the town.
The knowledge of how medieval towns in Scandinavia were shaped in their earliest phases is still ... more The knowledge of how medieval towns in Scandinavia were shaped in their earliest phases is still sparse. The period 1000‑1200 CE was a dynamic period in the history of Europe and no less so in Scandinavia. However, the written records from this period are scarce, and the archaeological material is often quite elusive and non-distinct in character, at least when compared to the later medieval urban remains of stone buildings, cobbled streets and city walls. How can we understand the process that led to the established medieval town from these remains? Recent excavations in Copenhagen, Denmark, are key means of investigating how the medieval town developed in its early days. The excavations also allow us to explore ways to study the early development of an urban way of life from the material traces of everyday life and social practices. They have much to tell us about which people, processes and networks were important in the
formation of the town of Copenhagen. The paper presents a summary of the first case study in an ongoing Ph.D project, where I seek to understand early urban development in Scandinavia by approaching urbanity as a social practice, and explore ways to make use of the fragmentary, but complex, source material typical of early urban sites.
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13-14 October 2016, Moesgård, Aarhus University
Papers by Hanna Dahlström
Kronologi är en av arkeologins basala men absolut viktigaste redskap för att förstå och tolka händelser i det förflutna. På grund av det arkeologiska källmaterialets mer eller mindre fragmentariska natur kan förståelsen av en plats kronologi dock vara besvärlig. Som en del i arbetet med att analysera framväxten av det tidigmedeltida København, har möjligheterna att använda bayesiansk modellering av 14C-dateringar utforskats. Genom bayesiansk modellering av material från två tidigmedeltida kyrkogårdar samt intilliggande bebyggelse har dateringen av de tidigaste aktiviteterna i København kunnat snävas in och förläggas till 1000-talets första hälft. Modellerna har indirekt bidragit till att skapa en ny kronologi för viktiga händelser i stadens tidiga historia. Skapandet av modellerna har dock varit ett komplext arbete med många potentiella felkällor. Studien visar att bayesiansk modellering ökar möjligheterna att använda sig av 14 C-analyser i urban arkeologi, trots den utbredda problematiken med redeponerat material i städernas kulturlager. I artikeln redovisas arbetsprocessen som ligger bakom skapandet av modellerna för Köpenhamn, med särskilt fokus på att presentera metodens potential men också dess begränsningar.
formation of the town of Copenhagen. The paper presents a summary of the first case study in an ongoing Ph.D project, where I seek to understand early urban development in Scandinavia by approaching urbanity as a social practice, and explore ways to make use of the fragmentary, but complex, source material typical of early urban sites.
13-14 October 2016, Moesgård, Aarhus University
Kronologi är en av arkeologins basala men absolut viktigaste redskap för att förstå och tolka händelser i det förflutna. På grund av det arkeologiska källmaterialets mer eller mindre fragmentariska natur kan förståelsen av en plats kronologi dock vara besvärlig. Som en del i arbetet med att analysera framväxten av det tidigmedeltida København, har möjligheterna att använda bayesiansk modellering av 14C-dateringar utforskats. Genom bayesiansk modellering av material från två tidigmedeltida kyrkogårdar samt intilliggande bebyggelse har dateringen av de tidigaste aktiviteterna i København kunnat snävas in och förläggas till 1000-talets första hälft. Modellerna har indirekt bidragit till att skapa en ny kronologi för viktiga händelser i stadens tidiga historia. Skapandet av modellerna har dock varit ett komplext arbete med många potentiella felkällor. Studien visar att bayesiansk modellering ökar möjligheterna att använda sig av 14 C-analyser i urban arkeologi, trots den utbredda problematiken med redeponerat material i städernas kulturlager. I artikeln redovisas arbetsprocessen som ligger bakom skapandet av modellerna för Köpenhamn, med särskilt fokus på att presentera metodens potential men också dess begränsningar.
formation of the town of Copenhagen. The paper presents a summary of the first case study in an ongoing Ph.D project, where I seek to understand early urban development in Scandinavia by approaching urbanity as a social practice, and explore ways to make use of the fragmentary, but complex, source material typical of early urban sites.
Keywords: medieval village, abandoned farmsteads, medieval written sources, noble interest, interact, operators, village organization, self awareness
Bogen fortæller historien om, hvordan København gik fra at være en lille havn og handelsplads til en spirende købstad. Den fortæller også om, hvordan historien om det ældste Hafn stykkes sammen, først og fremmest takket være de spor som datidens mennesker efterlod sig i jorden.