Archäologie und germanische Sozialgeschichte Forschungstendenzen in den 1990er Jahren

Steuer, Heiko

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“…On the whole, we need to know more about group structure, range of communication, internal and external relationships and exchange networks. 60 In this way, archaeological data may help to establish which of the often lofty ethnic identities depicted in historiography have left any detectable traces in the ground. The complexity and interrelationship of various levels of ethnic identifi cation may help to explain why more often than not, ethnically distinctive features in archaeological material, if at all, constitute the exception and not the norm.…”

Section: An Archaeology Of Identity?mentioning

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Archaeology of identity: introduction

Pohl¹

2018

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Archaeology of identity: introduction Can there be an "archaeology of identity"? The title of this volume circumscribes a contested fi eld of research. In particular, it is related to the debate about the ethnic interpretation of archaeological evidence. 1 This has been a topic of controversy in Germany in recent years, following Sebastian Brather's book "Ethnische Interpretationen in der frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie" and some of his other publications. 2 However, the present volume is not simply intended to continue the debate. Rather, it discusses the material traces of past identities in a broader sense, of which the question of ethnic interpretation is just one, if important, aspect, and refl ects on how archaeological evidence can be inserted into a general picture of the 'migration age'. Three related questions have emerged in recent discussions. Firstly, how can we classify archaeological groups or 'cultures', and to what degree do these correspond to ethnic (or religious, social or other) identities of the past? Secondly, can traces of past self-identifi cation be found in material remains? And thirdly, in what ways have modern national or ethnic identifi cations shaped such interpretations in the history of research? All three questions are essential, but methodologically, they should be kept apart. They specifi cally concern the interdisciplinary communication between archaeologists and historians. Therefore, most of the authors of this volume are to some degree familiar with both disciplines. Several contributions (Csanád Bálint, Irene Barbiera, Bonnie Effros, Cristina La Rocca/Stefano Gasparri, Piero Majocchi and Premysłav Urbańczyk) deal with the changing interpretation of archaeological evidence in the context of modern identity constructions, and thus add a valuable dimension to contemporary debates. 3 Others take an exemplary look at methodologically sensitive research questions mainly concerning the 5 th and 6 th centuries (Hubert Fehr, Jörg Kleemann, Dieter Quast, and Peter Stadler). The picture is completed by two methodological contributions from members of the 'Freiburg school' (Sebastian Brather and Philipp von Rummel). 4

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Section: An Archaeology Of Identity?mentioning

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Archaeology of identity: introduction

Pohl¹

2018

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“…To date, there exists a body of research whose authors, frequently basing their work solely on archaeological data, have attempted to reconstruct the social realities of the period of Roman influence. These include works by Heiko Steuer, Volker Bierbrauer, Joachim Werner, Ulla Lund Hansen and Lotte Hedeager (Werner 1980;Bierbrauer 1989;Hedeager 1992b;Steuer 1994;Lund Hansen 1988;Ethelberg 2000). It should be noted that the main attention of these researchers has been focused on studying the social structure of the residents of Germania Libera.…”

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The Formation of a Sambian-Natangian Culture Patrimonial Elite in the Roman Period in the Context of the Amber Trade

Skvortsov¹

2012

Archaeologia Baltica

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The article presents certain features of Sambian-Natangian culture in the Roman Period. The author directly links characteristics of the social structure of Aestian society, which formed at the turn of the B 2 /C 1-C 2 periods, to the nature of the amber trade, in which members of Sambian-Natangian culture participated widely. It is possible to draw some conclusions on the basis of the interrelations revealed, and to attempt to give a very general and subjective reconstruction of the Aestian social structure which had developed by the end of the Roman Period.

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Archäologie und germanische Sozialgeschichte Forschungstendenzen in den 1990er Jahren

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Archaeology of identity: introduction

Archaeology of identity: introduction

The Formation of a Sambian-Natangian Culture Patrimonial Elite in the Roman Period in the Context of the Amber Trade

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