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Peztilentze og blodsot:Et detaljeret blik på pest- og dysenteriepidemierne i Øster Løgum, 1627-29
No full textThis study examines Øster Løgum, a rural parish in Slesvig, which experienced outbreaks of first dysentery and then plague in the years 1627-1629. Øster Løgum is an unusual case, because the causes of death were recorded by the local pastor, allowing us to track the course of two epidemic diseases. Historiographically there is a stark contrast between bubonic plague – arguably the most discussed disease in history – and dysentery, which, despite its prevalence, seldom figures prominently in historical narratives. The article examines the spatial and temporal diffusion of both outbreaks at multiple scales in order to compare their impact on the parish population. The epidemiological profiles of the two diseases were markedly different: dysentery affected most villages simultaneously with relatively even mortality, while the impact of plague was temporally and spatially uneven. The plague had a particularly devastating impact on two of the parish’s six villages, resulting in exceedingly high mortality rates. This disparity was also observed at the household level, with the plague, on average, claiming more lives than dysentery in each infected household
Assessment of material resource usage in Inuit skin clothing
No full textThis study focuses on reliable methods to measure the use of resources determining the extent or amount of skin used in Inuit garments. A collection of parkas of known provenance dating from approximately 1830 to 1940 currently housed at the National Museum of Denmark was measured using three quantitative metric methods: 3D-measurement with a FaroArm (Method 1), tape measurement (Method 2), and 2D-measurement of digital images (Method 3). Methods 1 and 3 produced statistically reliable results, while Method 2 failed. This research is a sub-study within a project that aims to reconnect Inuit garments that are currently only provisionally numbered with their original provenance information by applying measuring methods. The hypothesis supporting this study posits that three parameters: 1) design, 2) animal species, and 3) material resource usage, provide sufficient data to categorise unidentified items geographically and identify the gender for whom the garments were earmarked
Roman-Barbarian Interaction:Revisiting Roman imports beyond the frontier; Investigating processes of movement. Introductory remarks
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Subsistence and population development from the Middle Neolithic B (2800–2350 BCE) to the Late Neolithic (2350–1700 BCE) in Southern Scandinavia
No full textThe present study aims to explore the hypothesis of a link between a population increasederived from intensified food production and the development from the widespread culturaldiversity of the Middle Neolithic B (MNB) to the cultural unity towards the end of the LateNeolithic (LN) in Southern Scandinavia. We explore this through quantitative modelling ofradiocarbon dates, aoristic time series of material culture and palynological data. On thisbasis, we propose three main results that may explain the transformation: (1) A supra-regional population increase, culminating in the middle of the LN (c. 2100 BCE). (2) Adepopulation in Western Jutland at the transition from the MNB to the LN (c. 2400–2300BCE) counterbalanced by a population increase in North and East Denmark. (3) A popula-tion boom in Southern Sweden around 2250–2000 BCE, possibly leading to migrationstowards west. Furthermore, we propose an overall decline in population in the final LN (c.1850 BCE)
KNV01127-01 Vangeleddet
No full textMuseum Sydøstdanmark foretog en større arkæologisk forundersøgelse i forbindelse med udstykning af boliger i Hundige By. Forundersøgelsen afdækkede 3.425 m2 svarende til 9,26%. Der fremkom ingen væsentlige fortidsminder, og området var præget af dræn og recente forstyrrelser. Området blev efterfølgende frigivet til bygherres planlagte anlægsarbejde
Cows Looking Back :Agriculture and Life in 19th Century Landscape Paintings
No full textFortællingen om vækst og udbytte er stærk, når historien om det danske landbrug skrives, og ofte bruges kunstværker til at illustrere historien. Men hvilken verden åbner kunsten, når den ikke blot ses som illustrerende en udvikling, men ser tilbage på os gennem køernes blikke? Hvilken fortælling lader kunstnerne køerne fortælle? Artiklen ser på værker indkøbt til Statens Museum for Kunst i perioden 1880 til 1900, hvor industrialiseringen af det danske landbrug tog fart. Formålet er at undersøge, om værkerne afspejler den ændring i vores omverdensforhold, som skete, da koen blev et produktionsdyr i stedet for en allieret
