Across the Alps in Prehistory : Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by Bioarchaeology.

1. Verfasser: Grupe, Gisela, 1956-
Weitere Verfasser: Grigat, Andrea.
McGlynn, George C.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham : Springer, 2017.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (266 pages).
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Across the Alps in Prehistory : Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by Bioarchaeology (Print version:)
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Transalpine Mobility and Trade since the Mesolithic
  • Introduction
  • Transalpine Mobility from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age
  • Transalpine Mobility in the Roman Period
  • References
  • The Concept of Isotopic Landscapes: Modern Ecogeochemistry versus Bioarchaeology
  • Introduction
  • Brief Introduction into the Research Substrate: Archaeological Skeletal Remains
  • Stable Isotopes in Archaeological Skeletons and Their Research Potential for Migration Research
  • Isotope Maps and Isotopic Landscapes of Relevance for Bioarchaeology
  • Persistent Challenges
  • References
  • Early Roman Transfer of Animals Across the Alps: Setting the Stage for Interpreting the Results of Isotope Fingerprinting
  • Introduction
  • Archaeozoology of Roman Imports
  • Regions of Trade Disclosed by the Early Roman Material Culture
  • Isotope Analysis and Animal Transfers
  • Discussion
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Classical Sources
  • The Crystalline State of Archaeological Bone Material
  • Introduction
  • The Bone Mineral
  • Materials and Methods
  • Results and Discussion
  • The Uncremated Mammal Bones
  • Furnace Annealing (Experimental Cremation)
  • Cremated Archaeological Samples
  • Concluding Discussion
  • References
  • The Isotopic Fingerprint: New Methods of Data Mining and Similarity Search
  • Introduction
  • Feature Selection for Isotopic Mapping
  • A Case Study on Feature Selection in the Reference Region
  • Lessons Learned from the First Case Study
  • Spatial Clustering for Identifying Local Isotopic Fingerprints: Toward an Isotopic Map of the Reference Region
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Isotopic Map of the Inn-Eisack-Adige-Brenner Passage and its Application to Prehistoric Human Cremations
  • Introduction
  • Material
  • Archaeological Animal Bone Finds
  • Selection of Archaeological Sites.
  • Archaeological Sites to the North of the Alps
  • Inner Alpine Sites
  • Archaeological Sites to the South of the Alps
  • Modern Reference Samples
  • Methods
  • Stable Oxygen Isotopes in the Bone Apatite Structural Carbonate (δ18Ocarbonate)
  • Stable Oxygen Isotopes in the Bone Apatite Phosphate (δ18Ophosphate)
  • Stable Oxygen Isotopes in the α-Cellulose of Modern Wood (δ18Ocellulose)
  • Stable Strontium and Lead Isotopes in the Bioapatite
  • Strontium Stable Isotopes in Soil
  • Results and Discussion
  • Isotopic Map of the Inn-Eisack-Adige Passage based on uncremated Archaeological Vertebrate Skeletons, augmented by modern Envi...
  • Stable Oxygen Isotopes
  • Altitude Effect of δ18Ophosphate
  • Comparison of δ18Ophosphate with δ18Ocarbonate in Animal Bones
  • δ18O in Modern α-Cellulose and Water Reference Samples
  • Strontium Stable Isotopes (87Sr/86Srapatite)
  • Model Prediction of Local Bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr Isotopic Ratios by Modern Reference Samples
  • Lead Isotopes
  • 208Pb/207Pbapatite and 206Pb/207Pbapatite
  • 208Pb/204Pbapatite, 207Pb/204Pbapatite and 206Pb/204Pbapatite
  • Isotopic Mapping by Multi-isotope Fingerprints in Archaeological Fauna from the Alpine Transect
  • Isotopic Fingerprints of Human Cremated Finds from the Reference Area
  • References
  • Current Synthesis and Future Options
  • The Isotopic Map: Future Options
  • Mobility and Social Dynamics in Bavaria and the Eastern Central Alps in the Late Bronze Age (1300-800BCE)
  • Migration or Acculturation: The Genesis and Spread of the Early Fritzens-Sanzeno Culture (Fifth/Fourth Century BCE)
  • Population and Domestic Animals of the Raetian Alps and Alpine Foreland During the First Century CE
  • Gontia as Melting Pot? The Composition of the Population during Günzburg´s Roman Military Period, as Reflected by its Graves
  • References
  • Index.