Early medieval slave‐trading in the archaeological record: comparative methodologies

Fontaine, Janel M.

doi:10.1111/emed.12228

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“…The need for intensified labor no doubt corresponded to a need for a larger population, providing opportunities for migrants from the surrounding areas. The trade routes were primarily for the transportation of goods, but it also included the transportation of people in the form of slaves (Fontaine, 2017; Górecki, 1992; Macháček, 2010). Trade networks continued to exist throughout Central Europe as political processes were constantly shifting.…”

Section: Cultural Context For Early‐high Medieval Central Europementioning

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The effects of cultural networks on migration among Early and High Medieval populations in Central Europe based on dental phenotypic data

Ragsdale

Velemínský

2023

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Throughout the region of Central Europe, population movements have transcended political boundaries throughout history. The Early (6th to 11th centuries AD) and High (11th to 14th centuries AD) Medieval periods were times of constantly shifting cultural relationships, as well as climatic fluctuations. Limited archeological and historic records for the region often focus on the broader cultural processes of the time, and to a large degree, on elites. Very little work has focused on population movement, particularly across cultural boundaries. Here we examine the potential effects of cultural processes on the movement and subsequent genetic exchange among the people throughout the region. We compare biological, cultural, geographic, and temporal relationships using biological distance analysis and model matrix comparison. To examine population structures, we combine dental morphological and metric data derived from human skeletal remains representing Early and High Medieval groups. Our results support the important influence of cultural processes on migration and population structures among Early and High Medieval groups. Distances based on the cultural complexity model we employ here is significantly correlated with biological distances (p = 0.028), while temporal period (p = 0.099), geographic proximity (p = 0.104), and shared origin (p = 0.193) models are not significant. Although our model is limited in the complex breadth of cultural processes during the Early and High Medieval period, we assert that these processes played an important role in population movement. Finally, we support an inter‐regional approach to examining population interactions among Central European and neighboring areas.

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Section: Cultural Context For Early‐high Medieval Central Europementioning

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The effects of cultural networks on migration among Early and High Medieval populations in Central Europe based on dental phenotypic data

Ragsdale

Velemínský

2023

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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“…One particular commodity, slaves, were certainly indispensable in Viking Age exchange. Their importance as valuable objects of long-distance exchange cycles probably only increased over time (Fontaine 2017;Raffield 2019b;.…”

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Crossing the Maelstrom: New Departures in Viking Archaeology

Lund

Sindbæk

2021

J Archaeol Res

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This paper reviews the achievements and challenges of archaeological research on Viking Age northern Europe and explores potential avenues for future research. We identify the reemergence of comparative and cross-cultural perspectives along with a turn toward studying mobility and maritime expansion, fueled by the introduction of biomolecular and isotopic data. The study of identity has seen a shift from a focus on collective beliefs and ritual to issues of personal identity and presentation, with a corresponding shift in attention to individual burials and the “animated objects.” Network ontologies have brought new perspectives on the emergence of sea trade and urban nodes and to the significance of outfield production and resources. Field archaeology has seen an emphasis on elite manors, feasting halls, and monuments, as well as military sites and thing assembly places, using new data from remote sensing, geophysical surveys, geoarchaeology, and metal detectors. Concerns over current climate change have placed the study of environment as a key priority, in particular in the ecologically vulnerable North Atlantic settlements. Discussing future directions, we call for alignment between societal/economic and individual/cultural perspectives, and for more ethically grounded research. We point to diaspora theory and intersectionality as frameworks with the potential to integrate genomics, identity, and society, and to ecology as a framework for integrating landscape, mobility, and political power.

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Introduction: An ‘Invisible Commodity’?

Jankowiak

Biermann

2021

Themes in Contemporary Archaeology

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Early medieval slave‐trading in the archaeological record: comparative methodologies

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

The effects of cultural networks on migration among Early and High Medieval populations in Central Europe based on dental phenotypic data

The effects of cultural networks on migration among Early and High Medieval populations in Central Europe based on dental phenotypic data

Crossing the Maelstrom: New Departures in Viking Archaeology

Introduction: An ‘Invisible Commodity’?

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