The Transformation of Rural Society, Economy and Landscape During the First Millennium Ad: Archaeological and Palaeobotanical Contributions from Northern Germany and Southern Scandinavia

Abstract

Since 1983 archaeological, palaeobotanical and geoscientific research has been conducted in the micro-region of Kosel, near Hedeby/Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein). It has the following aims: to determine the location, form, structure and chronological sequence of settlements and farms from the Iron Age and Medieval times; to study the change of the cultural landscape (pollen analysis), and the inventory and development of crops with regard to plant husbandry (macro-analysis) mainly during the first millennium AD. Following an expanding settling during the Roman Iron Age, settlement indicators are lacking from the 6th to 8th century. From the 9th century onward, a systematic agrarian settling has been taking place. In the high Medieval times a contraction of settlements probably occurred in the study area.

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