Bøger i Jutland Archaeological Society Publications serien

Der blev foretaget udgravninger i Ribe fra 1970-76 for at finde de tidligste spor af byen. Udgravningerne blotlagde en permanent bosættelse med tilhørende markedsplads, som var blevet grundlagt i perioden 704-710. Markedspladsen var af en ikke hidtil set type i Skandinavien. Danmark viser sig her som deltager i den nordeuropæiske udvikling i denne periode på en hidtil uset måde.

Den yngre stenalder har været intenst debatteret i skandinavisk arkæologi i mange årtier. I de sidste 30 år er skiftet fra Ertebølle-kulturen til Tragtbæger-kulturen hovedsagelig blevet forklaret med lokale klima-og miljøændringer eller med forandringer i sociale omstændigheder. Jade und Kupfer undersøger den betydning, som den kulturelle udvikling i store områder af Europa har haft for de kulturskift, der har fundet sted i den vestlige del af Østersøen.

Excavations in 1958-1963 on the island of Failaka in Kuwait uncovered a small community of Dilmun traders from the second millennium BC. Prominent among the finds were 629 beads, most of them made of semi-precious stone, such as different varieties of chalcedony (agate, carnelian, jasper, and moss agate) and quartz (rock crystal, milky quartz, and smoky quartz), and a range of other stone types, such as calcite, chlorite, lapis lazuli, turquoise and porphyry. Additionally, part of the beads was made of glass: a new prestige material of the second millennium. The study consists of a typology, a classification of materials and an analysis of the dating and distribution of the beads. Manufacturing techniques, including perforation and use-wear, are also considered. In a final discussion, the bead corpus from Failaka is compared with similar material from contemporary sites on Failaka and in Bahrain, along with some thoughts on connections and trade relations, which may be inferred from the materials and forms in the bead assemblage. The study proposes far-reaching connections with the Indus in the east and the Aegean in the west.

The Grauballe Man, whose sacrificial death was determined to have occurred around 290 BC, is one of the most remarkable bog finds from Denmark´s Iron Age, and has for many years been the centre of considerable attention. In fact when the Grauballe Man´s body was found in 1952, his skin, hair, beard, nails, muscles and bones were so well preserved that he was at first believed to have been the victim of a recently committed murder! With the renewed scientific focus on the immense research potential in such and, an interdisciplinary team of international scientists decided in 2001 to undertake extensive examinations of the body. The point of departure was a short period of ´hospitalisation´, where various comprehensive examinations were conducted: The Grauballe Man underwent X-Rays, CAT-scans and other tests, allowing for the creation of an exact, three-dimensional chart of his inner and outer body. These tests allowed for new forensic studies of the body and new determinations of the circumstances that led to his death. From analyses of his teeth, to his hair, to his stomach contents -- and even to a reconstruction of his face -- the research has provided an important insight and invaluable knowledge of life more than two thousand years ago. This publication, richly illustrated with 320 colour photographs, is presented in a language which makes it indispensable for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum conservators and pathologists, but it will also appeal to lay enthusiasts within those fields of interest.