From Bronze Age Hillfort to Capital City New Radiocarbon Dates and the First Archaeobotanical Investigation at the Vilnius Castle Hill
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10957669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Motuzaite Matuzeviciute (0000-0001-9069-1551, Lithuanian Institute of History, corresponding author), Auksė Rusteikytė (Vilnius University), Karolis Minkevičius (0000-0002-3619-9686, Vilnius University), Monika Žėkaitė (Lithuanian Ornithological Society), Linas Tamulynas (Lithuanian Ornithological Society) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 47-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Archaeologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-101X • E-ISSN: 1600-0390 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1600-0390.2020.12227.x |
| OpenAlex | W3111623162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
The ‘Castle Hill’ represents the core territory of Vilnius, around which gravitated urban development, eventually culminating in the foundation of the capital of Lithuania. However, we know very little about the earliest occupation on Castle Hill - how it developed over time, and what the activities were of the people that inhabited the site. While the study of plant remains can provide a crucial insight into human staple foods, agricultural activities and the palaeoenvironment, previous attempts of archaeobotanical investigations of such an important cultural heritage site was cut short due to the outbreak of World War II. Here is presented the first archaeobotanical analyses from the territory of Castle Hill together with new radiocarbon dates stretching from the 8 th century BC until the 14 th century AD. The primary archaeobotanical analyses in combination with published datasets from adjacent regions around Castle Hill show that the diversification of crops and the introduction of various crop rotation practises during the 8-13 th centuries AD. Here, for the first time, attention is drawn to the agricultural strategies in medieval Vilnius that likely played a pivotal role in the formation and development of the city
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Bronze Age · Geography · Paleoethnobotany · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |