Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden
The Sámi’s past activities have been documented historically from a European perspective, and more recently from an anthropological viewpoint, giving a generalised observation of the Sámi, during the study period of AD200-AD1800, as semi-nomadic hunter gatherers, with several theories suggesting tha...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/13133 2023-05-15T17:44:35+02:00 Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden Green, Heather F. Simpson, Ian PhD funded by The Leverhulme Trust School of Natural Sciences Biological and Environmental Sciences 2012 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/13133 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/13133/1/H._Green_-_Updated_Thesis_FINAL.pdf en eng University of Stirling http://hdl.handle.net/1893/13133 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/13133/1/H._Green_-_Updated_Thesis_FINAL.pdf 2014-01-01 Delay in order to write articles for publication. soil archaeology Sweden Sami Saami Sámi geoarchaeology thin section micromorphology chemical analysis magnetic susceptibility podzol European cultural indicators palynology entomology plaggen settlers pastoralism reindeer husbandry trace northern anthropogenic hunter gatherer settlement coprolite phytolith SEM Scanning Electron Microscope SEM/EDX Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy pH Sami (European people) Sweden Northern History Northern Antiquities Thesis or Dissertation Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy 2012 ftunivstirling 2022-06-13T18:44:13Z The Sámi’s past activities have been documented historically from a European perspective, and more recently from an anthropological viewpoint, giving a generalised observation of the Sámi, during the study period of AD200-AD1800, as semi-nomadic hunter gatherers, with several theories suggesting that interaction with Europeans, through trade, led to the adoption of European activities by certain groups of the Sámi (Eiermann, 1923; Paine, 1957; Manker and Vorren, 1962; Bratrein, 1981; Mathiesen et al, 1981; Meriot, 1984). However, there is almost no information on the impact the Sámi had on the landscape, either before or after any adoption of European activities, and none investigating what cultural footprint or indicators would remain from Sámi or European occupation and/or activity within the typically podzolic soils of Northern Sweden. Consequently the thesis aims to contribute to the gap in knowledge through the formation of a podzol model identifying the links between anthropogenic activity and the alteration of podzol soils, and through the creation of soils based models which identify the cultural indicators associated with both Sámi and European activity; formed from the identification of cultural indicators retained within known Sámi and European sites. The methods used to obtain the information needed to achieve this were the pH and magnetic susceptibility from bulk soil samples and micromorphological and chemical analysis of thin section slides through the use of standard microscopy and X-ray fluorescence from a scanning electron microscope. The analysis revealed that the Sámi had an extremely low impact on the landscape, leaving hard to detect cultural indicators related to reindeer herding in the form of reindeer faecal material with corresponding phosphorous peaks in the thin section slides. The European footprint however, was markedly different and very visible even within the acidic soil environment. The European indicators were cultivation based and included phosphorous and aluminium peaks as ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Northern Sweden reindeer husbandry saami sami sami Sámi University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Paine ENVELOPE(-147.533,-147.533,-86.767,-86.767) |
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soil archaeology Sweden Sami Saami Sámi geoarchaeology thin section micromorphology chemical analysis magnetic susceptibility podzol European cultural indicators palynology entomology plaggen settlers pastoralism reindeer husbandry trace northern anthropogenic hunter gatherer settlement coprolite phytolith SEM Scanning Electron Microscope SEM/EDX Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy pH Sami (European people) Sweden Northern History Northern Antiquities |
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soil archaeology Sweden Sami Saami Sámi geoarchaeology thin section micromorphology chemical analysis magnetic susceptibility podzol European cultural indicators palynology entomology plaggen settlers pastoralism reindeer husbandry trace northern anthropogenic hunter gatherer settlement coprolite phytolith SEM Scanning Electron Microscope SEM/EDX Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy pH Sami (European people) Sweden Northern History Northern Antiquities Green, Heather F. Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden |
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soil archaeology Sweden Sami Saami Sámi geoarchaeology thin section micromorphology chemical analysis magnetic susceptibility podzol European cultural indicators palynology entomology plaggen settlers pastoralism reindeer husbandry trace northern anthropogenic hunter gatherer settlement coprolite phytolith SEM Scanning Electron Microscope SEM/EDX Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy pH Sami (European people) Sweden Northern History Northern Antiquities |
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The Sámi’s past activities have been documented historically from a European perspective, and more recently from an anthropological viewpoint, giving a generalised observation of the Sámi, during the study period of AD200-AD1800, as semi-nomadic hunter gatherers, with several theories suggesting that interaction with Europeans, through trade, led to the adoption of European activities by certain groups of the Sámi (Eiermann, 1923; Paine, 1957; Manker and Vorren, 1962; Bratrein, 1981; Mathiesen et al, 1981; Meriot, 1984). However, there is almost no information on the impact the Sámi had on the landscape, either before or after any adoption of European activities, and none investigating what cultural footprint or indicators would remain from Sámi or European occupation and/or activity within the typically podzolic soils of Northern Sweden. Consequently the thesis aims to contribute to the gap in knowledge through the formation of a podzol model identifying the links between anthropogenic activity and the alteration of podzol soils, and through the creation of soils based models which identify the cultural indicators associated with both Sámi and European activity; formed from the identification of cultural indicators retained within known Sámi and European sites. The methods used to obtain the information needed to achieve this were the pH and magnetic susceptibility from bulk soil samples and micromorphological and chemical analysis of thin section slides through the use of standard microscopy and X-ray fluorescence from a scanning electron microscope. The analysis revealed that the Sámi had an extremely low impact on the landscape, leaving hard to detect cultural indicators related to reindeer herding in the form of reindeer faecal material with corresponding phosphorous peaks in the thin section slides. The European footprint however, was markedly different and very visible even within the acidic soil environment. The European indicators were cultivation based and included phosphorous and aluminium peaks as ... |
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Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden |
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Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden |
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Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden |
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Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden |
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Casting No Shadow: Overlapping Soilscapes of European-Indigenous Interaction in Northern Sweden |
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casting no shadow: overlapping soilscapes of european-indigenous interaction in northern sweden |
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University of Stirling |
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2012 |
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