A. Crone, G. Cavers, E. Allison, K. Davies, D. Hamilton, A. Henderson, H. Mackay, Dawn McLaren, J. Robertson, L. Roy, N. Whitehouse
{"title":"Nasty, Brutish and Short?; The Life Cycle of an Iron Age Roundhouse at Black Loch of Myrton, SW Scotland","authors":"A. Crone, G. Cavers, E. Allison, K. Davies, D. Hamilton, A. Henderson, H. Mackay, Dawn McLaren, J. Robertson, L. Roy, N. Whitehouse","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2019.1576413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2019.1576413","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Excavations at Black Loch of Myrton, Dumfries & Galloway are revealing the very well-preserved remains of an Iron Age settlement, the wetland context ensuring that the timber structures have remained intact and that the detritus of daily occupation survives for us to pick apart and understand. One of the structures in this settlement is an exceptionally well-preserved roundhouse, the material remains of which have been subjected to a barrage of analyses encompassing the insect, macroplant, bone and wood assemblages, soil micromorphology, faecal steroids, radiocarbon-dating and dendrochronology. These will enable us to address some of the key issues regarding the life cycles of Iron Age roundhouses, from conception and construction, use of internal space, nature of occupation and likely function, through to abandonment. Critically, we are now able to view that life cycle through the lens of a tightly-defined chronology bringing us close to the ‘ … short-term timescales of lived reality’ [Foxhall, L. 2000. “The Running Sands of Time: Archaeology and the Short-Term.” World Archaeology 31 (3): 484–498].","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"138 - 162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2019.1576413","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42534290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming Bog Bodies Sacrifice and Politics of Exclusion, as Evidenced in the Deposition of Skeletal Remains in Wetlands Near Uppåkra","authors":"C. Fredengren","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2017.1408596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2017.1408596","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper is inspired by new materialist gender theory and the way it reconfigures the analysis of bodies and the environment. Here the relationships entangled in wetlands and bogs through depositions are in focus. More specifically, it deals with the placing of bodily remains and artefacts in wet contexts around the political and religious centre of Uppåkra in Scania, South Sweden. The aim of this paper is to map some of the processes that led to those people ‘becoming bog bodies’ and investigates their role in a situated political ecology. By examining who these people were and became during the life course and in death, it will open up a discussion on precariousness, vulnerability and masculinity, where victims of sacrifice were perhaps not only selected, but also possibly made. The paper brings a neglected dataset of skeletal remains from bogs to the attention of research and present new radiocarbon dates as well as osteological analysis of these remains. It engages with concepts such as slow violence and necropolitics derived from discussions within the environmental humanities.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"1 - 19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2017.1408596","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44093890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Humans, Animals and Water The Deposition of Human and Animal Remains in Norwegian Wetlands","authors":"Grethe Bjørkan Bukkemoen, Kjetil Skare","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2018.1459264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2018.1459264","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper publishes an assemblage of human- and animal remains from Starene, a wetland site in Hedmark, south-east Norway, dating to the early and late Iron Age. The site is situated within a district with six previous finds of fragmented bog skeletons. The Starene site provided new information on this group of finds and also revealed animal remains, which have brought new insight to the multi-period nature of the depositional sites. This paper draws on some of the initial results from Starene and a comparison with the earlier find contexts from the district. An initial review of the site is followed by a discussion concerning the treatment and selection of human and animal remains. The additional comparative material will be included to give further insight to the practice of deposition.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"35 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2018.1459264","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42101702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wood Procurement at the Early Neolithic site of La Draga (Banyoles, Barcelona)","authors":"O. López-Bultó, Raquel Piqué Huerta","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2018.1466415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2018.1466415","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Wood is one of the most common raw materials for the prehistoric societies. Therefore sites were wood is preserved in waterlogged conditions are essential in order to understand those prehistoric societies. La Draga (Banyoles, Spain) is a lake dwelling dated 5300–4900 cal BC, which correspond to the firsts farming societies on the Iberian Peninsula. The site has provided an excellent sample of tools and architectonical remains made of wood. This work summarizes the results of the study of wood remains in order to characterize the wood acquisition strategies of Neolithic societies. The morphology and size of the wooden elements as well as the anatomical features provide an excellent picture of taxa selection. Quercus sp deciduous is the most important taxa according to the number of individuals identified between the piles and beams. However, other species were also used for specific purposes.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"56 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2018.1466415","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43700748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fishing and Managing the Trent in the Medieval Period (7th–14th Century): Excavations at Hemington Quarry (1998–2000), Castle Donington, UK","authors":"K. Krawiec","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2018.1466421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2018.1466421","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"97 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2018.1466421","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48628149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peat People. On the Function and Context of Medieval Artificial Platforms in a Coastal Wetland, Eelder- and Peizermaden, the Netherlands","authors":"B. Groenewoudt, J. van Doesburg","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2018.1473233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2018.1473233","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Large, artificial habitation platforms are widely distributed along the southern North Sea coasts. In this article, we will focus on the less known, small medieval platforms situated further inland, on the edge of the extensive peat bogs which until medieval times covered much of the lowlands of the Netherlands. We have confronted data from the area Eelder- and Peizermaden with existing models on the dynamics of human colonization and exploitation of North Sea coastal wetlands. The evidence from ‘peat terps’ seems to reflect distinct and successive land-use types or strategies that are associated with at least two colonization phases. Changes in land use are related to environmental changes that are largely human-induced. This is typical for coastal peat landscapes. Land-use patterns display spatio-temporal similarities as well as differences. The observed succession of land-use types and the associated material culture bear a strong resemblance to developments in the Assendelver polder a millennium before.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"77 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2018.1473233","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48649763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Global and Local Environmental Change on Migratory Birds: Evidence for Variable Wetland Habitats in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Southern Levant","authors":"L. Yeomans","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2018.1454702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2018.1454702","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Analysis of avifaunal remains from Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene settlements on the edge of a seasonally refreshed, yet diminishing, wetland in eastern Jordan illustrates the impact that habitat loss can have on bird migration. The wetland was a key wintering ground for a variety of waterfowl, with passage migrants also pausing on long-distance routes that ended at more southerly destinations. These birds were hunted by people who made substantial use of their seasonal abundance. Over time climatic fluctuations and altering dynamics of local fluvial systems reduced the wetlands ability to attract waterfowl. Understanding causes of underlying changes to bird migration furthers our knowledge about the wetland ecotones favoured by people in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene in the southern Levant.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"18 1","pages":"20 - 34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2018.1454702","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43845204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Land and Water – The Federsee Logboats in the Context of Prehistoric Traffic Across the European Watershed","authors":"M. Mainberger","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2017.1353245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2017.1353245","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the Federsee basin, a large bog in the pre-alpine foreland of Upper Swabia/Southern Germany, hitherto 58 logboats have been discovered. This outstanding large number of watercraft raises questions on the interrelationship between Federsee bog and the Main European Watershed. At the southern edge of Federsee basin, the riverine systems of Rhine and Danube rivers are separated only by few kilometres of dry land. It is to be suggested that this isthmus between the two large European river systems was used as a portage and part of a traffic system that integrated land and water routes. A multitude of ethnographic and historical evidence indicates that portages played an important role in landscapes with poor conditions for land transport. In contrast, archaeological observations on portages are generally very scarce. Direct archaeological evidence is also lacking at Federsee. A potential Federsee portage remains therefore hypothetical.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"17 1","pages":"1 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2017.1353245","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48883696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wetlands in Defiance: Exploring African-American Resistance in the Great Dismal Swamp","authors":"Becca Peixotto","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2017.1371429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2017.1371429","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina (US) was home to disenfranchised Native Americans, enslaved canal company labourers and Maroons (‘fugitive slaves’) who lived in the wetlands temporarily and long term ca. 1607–1863. This paper discusses the methods and results of recent exploration and excavation in Virginia on the Williamson North and Williamson South sites. Publicly available LiDAR data and on-the-ground exploration facilitated identification of both potential archaeological sites and subtle terrain features across the rather inaccessible landscape. By studying the local place variations and connections between wet and dry spaces subsumed under the Swamp moniker, it is possible to glimpse a more nuanced historical landscape. Newly identified sites in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge demonstrate that the smallest islands in the Swamp and the wet areas surrounding them should not be overlooked as we work to understand the landscape of resistance created by Maroons.","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"17 1","pages":"18 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2017.1371429","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44785607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wetland indicators: a guide to wetland formation, identification, delineation, classification and mapping","authors":"B. Gearey","doi":"10.1080/14732971.2017.1401334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14732971.2017.1401334","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Wetland Archaeology","volume":"17 1","pages":"74 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14732971.2017.1401334","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43420910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}