Archaeology, history and biosciences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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New scientific methods offer new insights in the past. Promising opportunities for archaeology and historiography are confronted with the challenges of interdisciplinary cooperation between the sciences and the humanities. This volume presents contributions by European researchers, arranged in four sections: fundamental questions of archaeology and biosciences, migrations, transformations, and social structures. Foreword Contents Archaeology, History and Biosciences I. Archaeology and Biosciences Archaeology in Times of Scientific Omnipresence Pride and Prejudice? On the Relationship Between Archaeology and Biosciences Archaeothanatology, the Recognition of Funerary Practices:Recent Examples II. Migrations: Mobility and Communication Barbarian Migrations and the Agrarian Economy of the Later Roman Empire in the Fourth Century CE Bow-Brooches as Ethnic Indicators? A Myth of Early Medieval Archaeoloogy III. Transformations: Continuity and Discontinuity Transformation or Fall? Perceptions and Perspectives on the Transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages Burial Archaeology and the Transformation of the Roman World in Northern Gaul (4th to 6th Centuries) Funerary Recruitment and Ancient DNA: Making DNA Speak IV. Social Structures: Conditions of Life and Social Order Archaeology vs Written Sources: The Case of Gothic Women Diet Reconstruction Based on C/N Stable Isotope Analysis: What Can It Contribute to Address Questions on Cultural Change? Conclusion and Perspectives Indices