“Celtic migrations”: Fact or fiction? Strontium and oxygen isotope analysis of the <scp>C</scp>zech cemeteries of <scp>R</scp>adovesice and <scp>K</scp>utná <scp>H</scp>ora in <scp>B</scp>ohemia

Scheeres, Mirjam; Knipper, Corina; Hauschild, Maya; Schönfelder, Martin; Siebel, Wolfgang; Pare, Christopher; Alt, Kurt W.

doi:10.1002/ajpa.22597

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“…Pink: Bohemia; orange: northern Hungary; green: data from this study. Comparative data taken from published literature: Kutná Hora and Radovesice I and II (fourth to third century BC) [96]; St. Benedict Cemetery, Prague (fifteenth to eighteenth century AD) [98]; Sajópetri (Avar-period, seventh to ninth century AD) [95]; KFP—Keszthely-Fenékpuszta; HAC—Hács-Béndekpuszta; GYS—Győr; MOZ—Mözs; SZO—Szolnok-Szanda. Outliers are labelled with grave numbers.…”

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Practising pastoralism in an agricultural environment: An isotopic analysis of the impact of the Hunnic incursions on Pannonian populations

Hakenbeck

Evans²,

Chapman

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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We conducted a multi-isotope study of five fifth-century AD cemeteries in modern-day Hungary to determine relationships between nomadic-pastoralist incomers—the historically documented Huns and other nomadic groups—and the sedentary agricultural population of the late Roman province of Pannonia. Contemporary historical sources describe this relationship as adversarial and destructive for the late Roman population, but archaeological evidence indicates high levels of hybridity between different groups. We undertook carbon, nitrogen, strontium and oxygen isotope analyses of bone collagen, dentine and tooth enamel at Keszthely-Fenékpuszta, Hács-Béndekpuszta, Győr-Széchenyi Square, Mözs and Szolnok-Szanda to examine these relationships through past subsistence practices. The patterns at all sites indicate medium to high animal protein consumption with little evidence for a significant contribution of aquatic resources. All populations relied to a great extent on C4 plants, most likely millet. Within each population, diet was heterogeneous, with significant variations in terms of animal protein and C3 and C4 plant consumption. High levels of intra-population and individual variability suggest that populations made use of a range of subsistence strategies, with many individuals exhibiting significant changes over their lifetimes. Rather than being characterised only by violence, the historically-documented influx of nomadic populations appears to have led to widespread changes in subsistence strategies of populations in the Carpathian basin. Nomadic-pastoralist groups may have switched to smaller herds and more farming, and, conversely, local populations may have integrated with a new economic system based on animal herding.

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Practising pastoralism in an agricultural environment: An isotopic analysis of the impact of the Hunnic incursions on Pannonian populations

Hakenbeck

Evans²,

Chapman

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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“…In the Czech Republic, Scheeres et al . () show that the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios of the minority of the La Tène communities (380–250 bc ) in Kutná Hora (12%) and Radovesice (11%) differ significantly from the regional isotopic baseline values.…”

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Breaking Traditions: An Isotopic Study on the Changing Funerary Practices in the Dutch Iron Age (800–12 bc)

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Urnfields in the Dutch river area were replaced by cemeteries with a mixture of cremation and inhumation graves around the sixth century BC. This study provides the first biogeochemical evidence that the Iron Age communities were heterogeneous in terms of geological origins. The high percentage of non-locally born individuals (~48%) supports the hypothesis that the change in burial practice was the result of the influx of foreign people, who were being allowed to keep their own burial customs, whereas some of the local inhabitants adapted the burial rites of foreign cultures, leading to a heterogeneous burial rite for some centuries.

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“…Recent work has identified frequent small‐scale movement occurring throughout the European Iron Age (Scheeres etal . ; ; Knipper etal . ), and strontium and oxygen isotope analysis of LIA Irish burials confirm that people were in fact moving into Ireland in this period (Cahill Wilson ; Cahill Wilson and Standish ).…”

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The Social Production of Iron in First Millennium Bc Ireland

Garstki

2019

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary Archaeological data available for reconstructing the Irish Iron Age have expanded rapidly due to the large number of excavations conducted in recent decades as part of large infrastructure projects. This article interprets iron‐production sites dating to the first millennium BC, many of which were discovered as part of those projects, as representing discrete but overlapping communities of ironworking practice. Through a synthesis of recent excavation data, I outline the evidence for different modes of iron production that range from very small scale to ironworking specialists attached to high‐status persons. Developing a socially‐driven reconstruction of this technology provides insight into various aspects of Iron Age society as embedded in local, regional, and pan‐regional communities.

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“Celtic migrations”: Fact or fiction? Strontium and oxygen isotope analysis of the Czech cemeteries of Radovesice and Kutná Hora in Bohemia

Cited by 32 publications

References 61 publications

Practising pastoralism in an agricultural environment: An isotopic analysis of the impact of the Hunnic incursions on Pannonian populations

Practising pastoralism in an agricultural environment: An isotopic analysis of the impact of the Hunnic incursions on Pannonian populations

Breaking Traditions: An Isotopic Study on the Changing Funerary Practices in the Dutch Iron Age (800–12 bc)

The Social Production of Iron in First Millennium Bc Ireland

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