Jørgensen, L. and A. Nørgård Jørgensen 1997: Nørre Sandegård Vest. A Cemetery from the 6th - 8th Centuries on Bornholm. With contribution by Ulla Mannering and Claus Malmros. Nordiske Fortidsminder Bind 14. København 1997. (243 pages)., 1997
The monograph Nørre Sandegård Vest includes one of the rare cemeteries of Late Iron Age in Denmar... more The monograph Nørre Sandegård Vest includes one of the rare cemeteries of Late Iron Age in Denmark excavated in recent times (1987). It contains 59 male and female graves with distinguished equipment in the form of weapons and jewelry from the period c. 500 to 800 AD. The equipment gives an extraordinary picture of the wealthy population of the time especially in the second half of the 500s and the beginning of the 600s. Late Iron Age cemeteries are rare in Denmark, while Øster Herred on Bornholm paradoxically contains more than 300 burial finds from this period. The majority of the graves were excavated in1866 to 1901 by district administrator Emil Vedel and teacher Johan Andreas Jørgensen, and published by Vedel in 1886 and 1897. The archaeological material on partly Nørre Sandegård Vest and partly from Øster Herred are here treated in relation to Scandinavian and continental chronology systems in time and space, the female graves handled by Lars Jørgensen and the male graves by Anne Nørgård Jørgensen, textiles handled by Ulla Mannering and organic material by Claus Malmros. The book is in English with Danish summary, 244 pages, 149 text illustrations - mostly by the two main authors, and 52 pages with objects from the cemetery shown in closed contexts. Drawing of the female equipment and associated watercolors of glass beads made by Poul Christensen, male equipment drawn by John Pind and the main authors..
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Specifically, this investigation into Bronze Age textiles, skins, tools and techniques from Denmark, which also incorporates the strontiumisotope tracing system and textual evidence from the Mediterranean and Near East, adds the textile dimension to his impressive scholarly contribution. The various aspects of textiles highlight and demonstrate both similarities and differences in the archaeological record in the areas investigated. Even if it is not possible to make direct comparisons between southern and northern Europe in the Bronze Age, the various results clearly inspire and provide significant new insights into the production and consumption of textiles and the rise of Bronze Age societies.
of an exceptionally well preserved circa 3.400-year old Danish Bronze Age female find, known as the Egtved Girl. We applied biomolecular, biochemical and geochemical analyses to reconstruct her mobility and diet. We demonstrate that she originated from a place outside present day Denmark (the island of Bornholm excluded), and that she travelled back and forth over large distances during the final months of her life, while consuming a terrestrial diet with intervals of reduced protein intake. We also provide evidence that all her garments were made of non-locally produced wool. Our study advocates the huge potential of combining biomolecular and biogeochemical provenance tracer analyses to hard and soft tissues of a single ancient individual for the reconstruction of high- resolution human mobility.
Specifically, this investigation into Bronze Age textiles, skins, tools and techniques from Denmark, which also incorporates the strontiumisotope tracing system and textual evidence from the Mediterranean and Near East, adds the textile dimension to his impressive scholarly contribution. The various aspects of textiles highlight and demonstrate both similarities and differences in the archaeological record in the areas investigated. Even if it is not possible to make direct comparisons between southern and northern Europe in the Bronze Age, the various results clearly inspire and provide significant new insights into the production and consumption of textiles and the rise of Bronze Age societies.
of an exceptionally well preserved circa 3.400-year old Danish Bronze Age female find, known as the Egtved Girl. We applied biomolecular, biochemical and geochemical analyses to reconstruct her mobility and diet. We demonstrate that she originated from a place outside present day Denmark (the island of Bornholm excluded), and that she travelled back and forth over large distances during the final months of her life, while consuming a terrestrial diet with intervals of reduced protein intake. We also provide evidence that all her garments were made of non-locally produced wool. Our study advocates the huge potential of combining biomolecular and biogeochemical provenance tracer analyses to hard and soft tissues of a single ancient individual for the reconstruction of high- resolution human mobility.
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