Gry H Barfod
Biographic Data
| ID | 627564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gry H Barfod |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gry H |
| FAMILY NAME | Barfod |
| SIGNATURE | BARFOD G H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7000-0757 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A glimmer of the eastern Adriatic
Plant use at Funnel Beaker sites
Understanding the neolithisation process in northern Europe requires detailed knowledge of both the type of crop plants as well as gathered food plants from Neolithic Funnel Beaker sites (4000–2800 bce ). However, although many sites from this culture are known, significant gaps remain in our knowledge on which taxa were used as well as on how plant food was prepared. Here, we present the results of combined plant macro- and microremains from the…
The emperor's new glass
Micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) screening of 244 glass sherds from Ribe, Denmark, identified 23 wood ash glasses. The closely dated finds pinpoint the arrival of the earliest wood ash glass produced in Western Europe in this important North Sea trading hub. This glass type was absent among glass from 700 to 790 CE but feature strongly from 790 to 810 CE. Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectro…
Glass production at Jalame, Israel
Following an initial micro-XRF assay, 42 samples of glass from the twentieth-century excavations of the fourth-century CE production site at Jalame, Israel, were selected and analysed by EPMA, with subsets for trace elements by LA-ICP-MS (n=29 samples) and for Hf isotopes by MC-ICP-MS (n=6). Comparison of major elements for ten samples originally measured in Brill (1988) was good, although the earlier SiO2 values are slightly high. Analyses of fu…
Exotic glass types and the intensity of recycling in the northwest Quarter of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
Major and trace elements are presented for 149 glass fragments ranging in date from the Roman to Early Islamic periods (1st – mid-8th centuries CE), excavated during the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project's fieldwork between 2011 and 2016. The results confirm a clear dominance of Levantine glass types, but also reveal 12 glasses of Egyptian and Mesopotamian compositions recovered from two houses destroyed by the major earthquake which…
Splinters to splendours
Bronzealderens hjortetaksøkser – datering og deponeringsforhold
Breonze Age antler axes – dating and depositional context Antler axes are typically associated with the Mesolithic, but this article presents a group of antler axes from the Danish Bronze Age, when this artefact type surprisingly turns up again after an absence from the tool inventory of more than 2000 years (fig. 1). These artefacts may be found in pits in a settlement context, but the typical finds contexts for the 155 recorded Bronze Age antle…
On diverse arts
This study presents results from the analytical investigation of the polymetallic, non-ferrous metallurgical cycle at early Viking Age Ribe, Denmark, in the 8th and 9th centuries CE. We combine extensive surface analyses of crucibles and moulds (handheld XRF) with targeted micro-destructive examination (micro XRF, electron microprobe spectroscopy-EPMA) of crucibles, moulds, ingots, blanks, and finished objects from the different stages of the sec…
Copper-based metalwork in Roman to early Islamic Jerash (Jordan)
Metallographic, chemical and lead isotopic analyses of copper-based artefacts recovered from the Northwest Quarter in Jerash (ancient Gerasa) in Jordan provide new information on the civic life and material culture from a key urban site in the Roman Empire’s eastern provinces. The samples span the city’s occupation from its flourishing under Roman rule into the Byzantine and early Islamic periods. We examined 49 copper-based artefacts using refle…
From nummi minimi to fulūs-small change and wider issues
New compositional and metallographic data are presented for the fourth to eighth century CE copper coins from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan. The majority of the coins are small copper and copper alloy nummi minimi from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. Also represented are pre-reform and post-reform fulūs minted under the Umayyad dynasty. Seventy-one coins (55 Roman, 4 Byzantine, 3 pre-reform and 9 post-reform) were character…
Fire conditions and source materials recorded in scoria from an intentional fire at Store Tovstrup Iron Age house, Central Jutland, Denmark
Geochemistry of Byzantine and Early Islamic glass from Jerash, Jordan
Twenty‐two objects of glass from the Decapolis city of Gerasa, N. Jordan, with characteristic vessel forms ranging from Hellenistic to Early Islamic (2nd century BCE to 8th century CE) were analyzed for major and trace elements, and 16 samples for Sr‐isotopes. The majority were produced in the vicinity of Apollonia on the Palestine coast in the 6th–7th centuries CE, and strong inter‐element correlations for Fe, Ti, Mn, Mg, Nb reflect local variat…
Isotopic and genetic analyses of a mass grave in central C alifornia
OBJECTIVES: Analysis of a mass burial of seven males at CA-ALA-554, a prehistoric site in the Amador Valley, CA, was undertaken to determine if the individuals were "locals" or "non-locals," and how they were genetically related to one another. METHODS: The study includes osteological, genetic (mtDNA), and stable (C, N, O, S) and radiogenic (Sr) isotope analyses of bone and tooth (first and third molars) samples. RESULTS: Isotopes in first molars…
Anthropogenic origin of siliceous scoria droplets from Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites in northern Syria
Iron isotope analysis of red and black pigments on pottery in Nasca, Peru
Tracing the mobility of individuals using stable isotope signatures in biological tissues
Geochemistry of Byzantine and Early Islamic glass from Jerash, Jordan
Twenty‐two objects of glass from the Decapolis city of Gerasa, N. Jordan, with characteristic vessel forms ranging from Hellenistic to Early Islamic (2nd century BCE to 8th century CE) were analyzed for major and trace elements, and 16 samples for Sr‐isotopes. The majority were produced in the vicinity of Apollonia on the Palestine coast in the 6th–7th centuries CE, and strong inter‐element correlations for Fe, Ti, Mn, Mg, Nb reflect local variat…
Tracing the mobility of individuals using stable isotope signatures in biological tissues
Iron isotope analysis of red and black pigments on pottery in Nasca, Peru
Exotic glass types and the intensity of recycling in the northwest Quarter of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
Major and trace elements are presented for 149 glass fragments ranging in date from the Roman to Early Islamic periods (1st – mid-8th centuries CE), excavated during the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project's fieldwork between 2011 and 2016. The results confirm a clear dominance of Levantine glass types, but also reveal 12 glasses of Egyptian and Mesopotamian compositions recovered from two houses destroyed by the major earthquake which…
Splinters to splendours
On diverse arts
This study presents results from the analytical investigation of the polymetallic, non-ferrous metallurgical cycle at early Viking Age Ribe, Denmark, in the 8th and 9th centuries CE. We combine extensive surface analyses of crucibles and moulds (handheld XRF) with targeted micro-destructive examination (micro XRF, electron microprobe spectroscopy-EPMA) of crucibles, moulds, ingots, blanks, and finished objects from the different stages of the sec…
Copper-based metalwork in Roman to early Islamic Jerash (Jordan)
Metallographic, chemical and lead isotopic analyses of copper-based artefacts recovered from the Northwest Quarter in Jerash (ancient Gerasa) in Jordan provide new information on the civic life and material culture from a key urban site in the Roman Empire’s eastern provinces. The samples span the city’s occupation from its flourishing under Roman rule into the Byzantine and early Islamic periods. We examined 49 copper-based artefacts using refle…
From nummi minimi to fulūs-small change and wider issues
New compositional and metallographic data are presented for the fourth to eighth century CE copper coins from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan. The majority of the coins are small copper and copper alloy nummi minimi from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. Also represented are pre-reform and post-reform fulūs minted under the Umayyad dynasty. Seventy-one coins (55 Roman, 4 Byzantine, 3 pre-reform and 9 post-reform) were character…
Glass production at Jalame, Israel
Following an initial micro-XRF assay, 42 samples of glass from the twentieth-century excavations of the fourth-century CE production site at Jalame, Israel, were selected and analysed by EPMA, with subsets for trace elements by LA-ICP-MS (n=29 samples) and for Hf isotopes by MC-ICP-MS (n=6). Comparison of major elements for ten samples originally measured in Brill (1988) was good, although the earlier SiO2 values are slightly high. Analyses of fu…
Plant use at Funnel Beaker sites
Understanding the neolithisation process in northern Europe requires detailed knowledge of both the type of crop plants as well as gathered food plants from Neolithic Funnel Beaker sites (4000–2800 bce ). However, although many sites from this culture are known, significant gaps remain in our knowledge on which taxa were used as well as on how plant food was prepared. Here, we present the results of combined plant macro- and microremains from the…
Anthropogenic origin of siliceous scoria droplets from Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites in northern Syria
Isotopic and genetic analyses of a mass grave in central C alifornia
OBJECTIVES: Analysis of a mass burial of seven males at CA-ALA-554, a prehistoric site in the Amador Valley, CA, was undertaken to determine if the individuals were "locals" or "non-locals," and how they were genetically related to one another. METHODS: The study includes osteological, genetic (mtDNA), and stable (C, N, O, S) and radiogenic (Sr) isotope analyses of bone and tooth (first and third molars) samples. RESULTS: Isotopes in first molars…
Tracing the mobility of individuals using stable isotope signatures in biological tissues
Anthropogenic origin of siliceous scoria droplets from Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites in northern Syria
Iron isotope analysis of red and black pigments on pottery in Nasca, Peru
Isotopic and genetic analyses of a mass grave in central C alifornia
OBJECTIVES: Analysis of a mass burial of seven males at CA-ALA-554, a prehistoric site in the Amador Valley, CA, was undertaken to determine if the individuals were "locals" or "non-locals," and how they were genetically related to one another. METHODS: The study includes osteological, genetic (mtDNA), and stable (C, N, O, S) and radiogenic (Sr) isotope analyses of bone and tooth (first and third molars) samples. RESULTS: Isotopes in first molars…
Fire conditions and source materials recorded in scoria from an intentional fire at Store Tovstrup Iron Age house, Central Jutland, Denmark
Geochemistry of Byzantine and Early Islamic glass from Jerash, Jordan
Twenty‐two objects of glass from the Decapolis city of Gerasa, N. Jordan, with characteristic vessel forms ranging from Hellenistic to Early Islamic (2nd century BCE to 8th century CE) were analyzed for major and trace elements, and 16 samples for Sr‐isotopes. The majority were produced in the vicinity of Apollonia on the Palestine coast in the 6th–7th centuries CE, and strong inter‐element correlations for Fe, Ti, Mn, Mg, Nb reflect local variat…
From nummi minimi to fulūs-small change and wider issues
New compositional and metallographic data are presented for the fourth to eighth century CE copper coins from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash, Jordan. The majority of the coins are small copper and copper alloy nummi minimi from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods. Also represented are pre-reform and post-reform fulūs minted under the Umayyad dynasty. Seventy-one coins (55 Roman, 4 Byzantine, 3 pre-reform and 9 post-reform) were character…
Copper-based metalwork in Roman to early Islamic Jerash (Jordan)
Metallographic, chemical and lead isotopic analyses of copper-based artefacts recovered from the Northwest Quarter in Jerash (ancient Gerasa) in Jordan provide new information on the civic life and material culture from a key urban site in the Roman Empire’s eastern provinces. The samples span the city’s occupation from its flourishing under Roman rule into the Byzantine and early Islamic periods. We examined 49 copper-based artefacts using refle…
Bronzealderens hjortetaksøkser – datering og deponeringsforhold
Breonze Age antler axes – dating and depositional context Antler axes are typically associated with the Mesolithic, but this article presents a group of antler axes from the Danish Bronze Age, when this artefact type surprisingly turns up again after an absence from the tool inventory of more than 2000 years (fig. 1). These artefacts may be found in pits in a settlement context, but the typical finds contexts for the 155 recorded Bronze Age antle…
On diverse arts
This study presents results from the analytical investigation of the polymetallic, non-ferrous metallurgical cycle at early Viking Age Ribe, Denmark, in the 8th and 9th centuries CE. We combine extensive surface analyses of crucibles and moulds (handheld XRF) with targeted micro-destructive examination (micro XRF, electron microprobe spectroscopy-EPMA) of crucibles, moulds, ingots, blanks, and finished objects from the different stages of the sec…
Exotic glass types and the intensity of recycling in the northwest Quarter of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
Major and trace elements are presented for 149 glass fragments ranging in date from the Roman to Early Islamic periods (1st – mid-8th centuries CE), excavated during the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project's fieldwork between 2011 and 2016. The results confirm a clear dominance of Levantine glass types, but also reveal 12 glasses of Egyptian and Mesopotamian compositions recovered from two houses destroyed by the major earthquake which…
Splinters to splendours
Glass production at Jalame, Israel
Following an initial micro-XRF assay, 42 samples of glass from the twentieth-century excavations of the fourth-century CE production site at Jalame, Israel, were selected and analysed by EPMA, with subsets for trace elements by LA-ICP-MS (n=29 samples) and for Hf isotopes by MC-ICP-MS (n=6). Comparison of major elements for ten samples originally measured in Brill (1988) was good, although the earlier SiO2 values are slightly high. Analyses of fu…
Plant use at Funnel Beaker sites
Understanding the neolithisation process in northern Europe requires detailed knowledge of both the type of crop plants as well as gathered food plants from Neolithic Funnel Beaker sites (4000–2800 bce ). However, although many sites from this culture are known, significant gaps remain in our knowledge on which taxa were used as well as on how plant food was prepared. Here, we present the results of combined plant macro- and microremains from the…
The emperor's new glass
Micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) screening of 244 glass sherds from Ribe, Denmark, identified 23 wood ash glasses. The closely dated finds pinpoint the arrival of the earliest wood ash glass produced in Western Europe in this important North Sea trading hub. This glass type was absent among glass from 700 to 790 CE but feature strongly from 790 to 810 CE. Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectro…
A glimmer of the eastern Adriatic
Archaeology (14 works) · Geology (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (8 works) · History (6 works) · Building materials and conservation (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (4 works) · History (4 works)