Susanne Hakenbeck
Biographic Data
| ID | 113985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susanne Hakenbeck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Hakenbeck |
| SIGNATURE | HAKENBECK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2409-0146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Emperor’s Gift: Power and Legitimacy across the Late Roman Frontier
This paper explores the dynamics of power and legitimacy between the late Roman Empire and the societies beyond its northern and eastern frontiers, arguing that shared understandings of political authority, developed through centuries of interaction, facilitated the establishment of post-Roman kingdoms. Unlike the more formalized relationships with client kingdoms along the empire’s eastern and north African frontiers, interactions along the nort…
Grave Lessons
This article explores the potential of bioarchaeology—the scientific study of human remains within their archaeological contexts—to enrich historical understanding of Late Antiquity. It advocates for historians to engage with bioarchaeologists and to explore how osteology and biomolecular methods like isotope analysis, beyond paleogenomics, inform us about the past. It begins by critically addressing bioarchaeology’s difficult history and emphasi…
Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100
This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400-1100. These patterns are gendered, regionally distinctive and fluctuate chronologically. Contrary to traditional narratives of discrete migratory events the data show continuous movement, with significant activity in the 7th and 8th centuries. Male migrants appear more prominent, although there is notab…
Isotopic sourcing reveals changing subsistence, cultural diversity and biological correlates with palaeodiet in fourth- to seventh-century AD Bavaria
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) in bone collagen of archaeological skeletal finds are indicators of the protein sources in individuals’ basic diet. Isotopic sourcing allows us to quantify the biomass contribution of major dietary components and to differentiate between the source contribution of various animal species (domesticates, game). We re-evaluated previously published isotopic signatures in skeletons from three…
The role of drought during the Hunnic incursions into central-east Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE
The Hunnic incursions into eastern and central Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE have historically been considered one of the key factors in bringing the Roman Empire to an end. However, both the origins of the Huns and their impact on the late Roman provinces remain poorly understood. Here we provide a new, combined assessment of the archaeological, historical, and environmental evidence. Hunnic raids and warfare within the Roman provinces are mos…
Genetics, archaeology and the far right: An unholy Trinity
Recent advances in archeogenetics have revived an interest in grand narratives in which ethnic groups are once again thought to be agents of historical change. New scientific developments are generating a sense of optimism that difficult questions in palaeodemography may, at last, be solved. However, genetic research often uncritically makes use of essentialist models of past populations, reifying genetic populations as ethnic groups. This paper …
Anglo-Saxon diet in the Conversion period: A comparative isotopic study using carbon and nitrogen
First Migrants: Ancient Migration in Global Perspective by Peter Bellwood
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in migration in archaeology. Beginning in the 1960s, there was a long period during which the idea of migration as a force of change was rejected (Clark 1966). With the development of postprocessual archaeological theories in the 1980s, research interests shifted from large-scale regional overviews to the histories of specific sites or landscapes, continuing an emphasis on autochthonous developments. Howe…
Desert Migrations Project XVIII: The archaeology of the northern Fazzan. A preliminary report
The first reconnaissance survey of the Wadi ash-Shati, the northernmost line of the oases of the Fazzan, was carried out in 2007 and 2008. This survey aimed to locate archaeological sites of the Garamantian and historic periods in a region that, despite being on record as the most populated of the Fazzan in the historic period, was never previously systematically surveyed. Following the field survey, further examination of high-resolution satelli…
Diet and mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria: A study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
This study investigates patterns of mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria through a combined study of diet and associated burial practice. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were analyzed in human bone samples from the Late Roman cemetery of Klettham and from the Early Medieval cemeteries of Altenerding and Straubing‐Bajuwarenstrasse. For dietary comparison, samples of faunal bone from one Late Roman and three Early Medieval settlement sites were al…
DMP Iv: 2008 Fieldwork on historic settlement in the Wadi ash-Shati and the Dawada lake villages
The second season of fieldwork on the historic settlement in the Wadi ash-Shati and the Dawada lake villages was undertaken in January 2008, completing the first stage of survey began during the Desert Migration Project 2007. The fieldwork combined geomorphological observations with the recording of historic settlement to understand how hydrology has influenced human management of the wadi in the past. A number of major Garamantian sites were loc…
Genetics, archaeology and the far right: An unholy Trinity
Recent advances in archeogenetics have revived an interest in grand narratives in which ethnic groups are once again thought to be agents of historical change. New scientific developments are generating a sense of optimism that difficult questions in palaeodemography may, at last, be solved. However, genetic research often uncritically makes use of essentialist models of past populations, reifying genetic populations as ethnic groups. This paper …
Diet and mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria: A study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
This study investigates patterns of mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria through a combined study of diet and associated burial practice. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were analyzed in human bone samples from the Late Roman cemetery of Klettham and from the Early Medieval cemeteries of Altenerding and Straubing‐Bajuwarenstrasse. For dietary comparison, samples of faunal bone from one Late Roman and three Early Medieval settlement sites were al…
Desert Migrations Project XVIII: The archaeology of the northern Fazzan. A preliminary report
The first reconnaissance survey of the Wadi ash-Shati, the northernmost line of the oases of the Fazzan, was carried out in 2007 and 2008. This survey aimed to locate archaeological sites of the Garamantian and historic periods in a region that, despite being on record as the most populated of the Fazzan in the historic period, was never previously systematically surveyed. Following the field survey, further examination of high-resolution satelli…
The role of drought during the Hunnic incursions into central-east Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE
The Hunnic incursions into eastern and central Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE have historically been considered one of the key factors in bringing the Roman Empire to an end. However, both the origins of the Huns and their impact on the late Roman provinces remain poorly understood. Here we provide a new, combined assessment of the archaeological, historical, and environmental evidence. Hunnic raids and warfare within the Roman provinces are mos…
DMP Iv: 2008 Fieldwork on historic settlement in the Wadi ash-Shati and the Dawada lake villages
The second season of fieldwork on the historic settlement in the Wadi ash-Shati and the Dawada lake villages was undertaken in January 2008, completing the first stage of survey began during the Desert Migration Project 2007. The fieldwork combined geomorphological observations with the recording of historic settlement to understand how hydrology has influenced human management of the wadi in the past. A number of major Garamantian sites were loc…
DMP Iv: 2008 Fieldwork on historic settlement in the Wadi ash-Shati and the Dawada lake villages
The second season of fieldwork on the historic settlement in the Wadi ash-Shati and the Dawada lake villages was undertaken in January 2008, completing the first stage of survey began during the Desert Migration Project 2007. The fieldwork combined geomorphological observations with the recording of historic settlement to understand how hydrology has influenced human management of the wadi in the past. A number of major Garamantian sites were loc…
Diet and mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria: A study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
This study investigates patterns of mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria through a combined study of diet and associated burial practice. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were analyzed in human bone samples from the Late Roman cemetery of Klettham and from the Early Medieval cemeteries of Altenerding and Straubing‐Bajuwarenstrasse. For dietary comparison, samples of faunal bone from one Late Roman and three Early Medieval settlement sites were al…
Desert Migrations Project XVIII: The archaeology of the northern Fazzan. A preliminary report
The first reconnaissance survey of the Wadi ash-Shati, the northernmost line of the oases of the Fazzan, was carried out in 2007 and 2008. This survey aimed to locate archaeological sites of the Garamantian and historic periods in a region that, despite being on record as the most populated of the Fazzan in the historic period, was never previously systematically surveyed. Following the field survey, further examination of high-resolution satelli…
First Migrants: Ancient Migration in Global Perspective by Peter Bellwood
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in migration in archaeology. Beginning in the 1960s, there was a long period during which the idea of migration as a force of change was rejected (Clark 1966). With the development of postprocessual archaeological theories in the 1980s, research interests shifted from large-scale regional overviews to the histories of specific sites or landscapes, continuing an emphasis on autochthonous developments. Howe…
Anglo-Saxon diet in the Conversion period: A comparative isotopic study using carbon and nitrogen
Genetics, archaeology and the far right: An unholy Trinity
Recent advances in archeogenetics have revived an interest in grand narratives in which ethnic groups are once again thought to be agents of historical change. New scientific developments are generating a sense of optimism that difficult questions in palaeodemography may, at last, be solved. However, genetic research often uncritically makes use of essentialist models of past populations, reifying genetic populations as ethnic groups. This paper …
The role of drought during the Hunnic incursions into central-east Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE
The Hunnic incursions into eastern and central Europe in the 4th and 5th c. CE have historically been considered one of the key factors in bringing the Roman Empire to an end. However, both the origins of the Huns and their impact on the late Roman provinces remain poorly understood. Here we provide a new, combined assessment of the archaeological, historical, and environmental evidence. Hunnic raids and warfare within the Roman provinces are mos…
Isotopic sourcing reveals changing subsistence, cultural diversity and biological correlates with palaeodiet in fourth- to seventh-century AD Bavaria
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic ratios (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) in bone collagen of archaeological skeletal finds are indicators of the protein sources in individuals’ basic diet. Isotopic sourcing allows us to quantify the biomass contribution of major dietary components and to differentiate between the source contribution of various animal species (domesticates, game). We re-evaluated previously published isotopic signatures in skeletons from three…
Grave Lessons
This article explores the potential of bioarchaeology—the scientific study of human remains within their archaeological contexts—to enrich historical understanding of Late Antiquity. It advocates for historians to engage with bioarchaeologists and to explore how osteology and biomolecular methods like isotope analysis, beyond paleogenomics, inform us about the past. It begins by critically addressing bioarchaeology’s difficult history and emphasi…
Large-Scale Isotopic Data Reveal Gendered Migration into Early Medieval England c ad 400–1100
This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c. AD 400-1100. These patterns are gendered, regionally distinctive and fluctuate chronologically. Contrary to traditional narratives of discrete migratory events the data show continuous movement, with significant activity in the 7th and 8th centuries. Male migrants appear more prominent, although there is notab…
The Emperor’s Gift: Power and Legitimacy across the Late Roman Frontier
This paper explores the dynamics of power and legitimacy between the late Roman Empire and the societies beyond its northern and eastern frontiers, arguing that shared understandings of political authority, developed through centuries of interaction, facilitated the establishment of post-Roman kingdoms. Unlike the more formalized relationships with client kingdoms along the empire’s eastern and north African frontiers, interactions along the nort…
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