Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden
Among the most prominent prehistoric features in the boreal forests of northern Sweden are trapping pits or pitfalls used for hunting elk and/or reindeer. Even if often ascribed to the Viking Age and its trade in furs and other animal products, the chronology of these features has long been a matter...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-428304 2023-05-15T17:44:36+02:00 Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden Hennius, Andreas 2020 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-428304 https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2020.8 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS European Journal of Archaeology, 1461-9571, 2020, 23:4, s. 530-546 orcid:0000-0002-3446-2620 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-428304 doi:10.1017/eaa.2020.8 ISI:000592184800003 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Vendel/Viking period northern Scandinavia trapping pit system Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) outland resource exploitation trade networks Archaeology Arkeologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2020 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2020.8 2023-02-23T21:59:05Z Among the most prominent prehistoric features in the boreal forests of northern Sweden are trapping pits or pitfalls used for hunting elk and/or reindeer. Even if often ascribed to the Viking Age and its trade in furs and other animal products, the chronology of these features has long been a matter of debate. In this article, a database of 370 dated radiocarbon samples from excavated pitfalls has been compiled and analysed using Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) modelling to create the most elaborate chronology of Swedish trapping pit systems so far. The analysis shows that the most intensive period of construction of trapping pits was in the centuries before the Viking period. This challenges previous interpretations of Viking Age resource exploitation but is in line with several other recently published studies concerned with resource exploitation, non-agrarian production, and trade connecting northern Scandinavia with inter-regional trade networks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) European Journal of Archaeology 23 4 530 546 |
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Among the most prominent prehistoric features in the boreal forests of northern Sweden are trapping pits or pitfalls used for hunting elk and/or reindeer. Even if often ascribed to the Viking Age and its trade in furs and other animal products, the chronology of these features has long been a matter of debate. In this article, a database of 370 dated radiocarbon samples from excavated pitfalls has been compiled and analysed using Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) modelling to create the most elaborate chronology of Swedish trapping pit systems so far. The analysis shows that the most intensive period of construction of trapping pits was in the centuries before the Viking period. This challenges previous interpretations of Viking Age resource exploitation but is in line with several other recently published studies concerned with resource exploitation, non-agrarian production, and trade connecting northern Scandinavia with inter-regional trade networks. |
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Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden |
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Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden |
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Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden |
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Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden |
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Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden |
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