{"id":60,"date":"2018-01-03T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ecologyofcrusading\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2020-05-13T16:20:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:20:06","slug":"settlement-life-under-the-microscope","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/ecologyofcrusading\/settlement-life-under-the-microscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Settlement life under the microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"

The application of geoarchaeological techniques has enabled the life of varied communities in Livonia and Prussia to be examined at high resolution, shedding light on the development of occupation deposits, the use of spaces within individual buildings and settlements, the content of moats and the flow of effluent. Micromorphology was routinely used to study the archaeological deposits from settlements to determine how they were formed and to reconstruct variation in activities inside and outside of buildings, waste disposal practices, the reworking of archaeological stratigraphy by post-depositional processes and how all this related to the exploitation of the surrounding landscape. Geochemistry, in turn, was used to identify specific activities such as metalworking and animal husbandry, as well as provenance building materials. These microscopic glimpses into the daily lives of people in the medieval eastern Baltic contributed high resolution snapshots of complimentary information, essential for a holistic understanding of the long-term impact of the cultural transformations following the crusades. Most of the micromorphological, phytoliths and on-site data related to the period of active crusading, although some encompassed longer-term occupation.<\/p>\n

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Publications produced by the team<\/h2>\n

Babos, H., Black, S., Pluskowski, A. Brown, A., Rohrssen, M., and Chappaz, A. 2019. \u2018Evidence for the onset of mining activities during the 13th century in Poland using lead isotopes from lake sediment cores\u2019,<\/a> Science for the Total Environment<\/em>, 683: 589-599.<\/p>\n

Banerjea, R., Badura, M., Brown, A., Morandi, L., Marcinkowski, M., Valk, H., Ismail-Meyer, K and Pluskowski, A. 2019. \u2018Feeding the Crusades: archaeobotany, animal husbandry and livestock alimentation on the Baltic frontier\u2019,<\/a> Environmental Archaeology<\/em> 25\/2: 25-135-150,<\/p>\n

Banerjea, R. Y., Badura, M., Kalejs, U., Cerina, A., Gos, K., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Maltby, M., Seetah, K. and Pluskowski, A. 2017. \u2018A multi-proxy, diachronic and spatial perspective on the urban activities within an indigenous community in medieval Riga, Latvia<\/a>\u2019, Quaternary International<\/em> 460: 3-21.<\/p>\n

Banerjea, R., Karczewski, M., Karczewska, M. and Pluskowski, A. 2015. \u2018The role of geoarchaeology in understanding the formation and function of \u015awi\u0119ta G\u00f3ra (Sta\u015bwiny), Masuria, Poland: Interim results from feature 40\u2019, in Materia\u0142y do Archeologii Warmii i Mazur<\/em>, eds. S., Wadyl, K., Karczewski and M. Hoffmann, Warszwa, Bia\u0142ystok: Instytut Archaeologii Uniwersytetu Warsawskiego\/ Instytut Historii i Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu w Bia\u0142ymstoku, 221\u2013231.<\/p>\n

Yeh, H-Y., Pluskowski, A. G., Kal\u0113js, U., and Mitchell, P. D. 2014. \u2018Intestinal parasites in a mid-14th century latrine from Riga, Latvia: Fish Tapeworm and the consumption of uncooked fish in the medieval eastern Baltic region\u2019<\/a>, Journal of Archaeological Science<\/em> 49: 83-89.<\/p>\n

Carson, S., Shillito, L-M., Brown, A., and Pluskowski, A. G. 2012. \u2018Environmental assessment of samples from the castle site at Grudzi\u0105dz, Poland\u2019, in Zamek w Grudzi\u0105dzu w \u015bwietle bada\u0144 archeologiczno-architektonicznych. Materia\u0142y i studia<\/em>, ed. Wiewi\u00f3ra, M, Toru\u0144: UMK, 351-357.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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