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Nowaczinski, Erich, Schukraft, Gerd, Rassmann, Knut, Hecht, Stefan, Texier, Fabienne, Eitel, Bernhard and Bubenzer, Olaf (2013). Geophysical-Geochemical Reconstuction of Ancient Population Size - the Early Bronze Age Settlement of Fidvar (Slovakia). Archaeol. Prospect., 20 (4). S. 267 - 284. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1099-0763

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Abstract

Population estimates are a vital backdrop to our understanding of ancient societies' socio-economic structures and development. In order to facilitate such an informational mise en scene in terms of the early Bronze Age settlement of Fidvar in southwestern Slovakia, a new geophysical-geochemical approach is presented here, the first results of which are very promising. The crux of the new methodology utilizes the population's chemical fingerprint in relation to total anthropogenic phosphorus input as a proxy for different population models. These methods suggest an early Bronze Age population of 300-600 individuals, in accordance with the comparative analysis of a magnetic survey, and also matches initial archaeological estimates. Further methodological adjustments suggest an even higher population of up to 1000 inhabitants. In light of these figures, it is likely that Fidvar was one of the centres of the early Bronze Age socio-economic system of the northern Pannonian Basin. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nowaczinski, Erich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schukraft, Gerd UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rassmann, Knut UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hecht, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Texier, Fabienne UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eitel, Bernhard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bubenzer, Olaf UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-474448
DOI:	10.1002/arp.1460
Journal or Publication Title:	Archaeol. Prospect.
Volume:	20
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 267 - 284
Date:	2013
Publisher:	WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-0763
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PHOSPHORUS EXCRETION; PORTABLE XRF; VRABLE SLOVAKIA; ARCHAEOLOGY; DIETS; SOIL; CONSUMPTION; POLLUTION; ORIGIN; FECES Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/47444