Towards a Broader Understanding of the Emergence of Iron Technology in Prehistoric Arctic Fennoscandia
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 6044799 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Carina Bennerhag (0000-0002-4876-4232, Luleå University of Technology, autor correspondente), Sara Hagström Yamamoto (Luleå University of Technology), K Söderholm (0000-0001-5712-0589, Luleå University of Technology) |
| Ano | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 265-279 |
| Data de publicação | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Cambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0959774322000294 |
| OpenAlex | W4308886355 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 4 |
| Referências citadas | 43 |
The article critically examines interpretations of Old World ferrous metallurgical developments with reference to their consequences for Arctic Fennoscandian iron research. The traditional paradigm of technological innovations recurrently links the emergence of iron technology to increasing social complexity and a sedentary agricultural lifestyle, typically downplaying ‘peripheral’ areas such as Arctic Fennoscandia and its hunter-gatherer communities. Even in postcolonial research of recent years, the archaeometallurgical record of Arctic Fennoscandia is interpreted and organized within the traditional frameworks on the time, course, and cultural context of the introduction of iron technology in Europe, where Arctic Fennoscandia is not considered to have any noteworthy role. However, current archaeological research with new data in Arctic Fennoscandia disputes prevailing ideas in European iron research and shows substantial evidence that iron technology was an integrated part of hunter-gatherer subsistence already during the Early Iron Age (c. 200bc). Archaeometallurgical analyses reveal advanced knowledge in all the operational sequences of iron technology, including bloomery steel production and the mastering of advanced smithing techniques. Therefore, we urge dispensing with traditional ideas and call for an increased interest in the underlying mechanisms for the transfer of iron
Agriculture · Archaeology · Arctic · Geography · Prehistory · Subsistence agriculture · The arctic · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · European Linguistics and Anthropology · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology · Oceanography
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| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citações por ano | 1,33 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |