Tales from Ginderup Mound in Thisted County, Denmark: Further Investigations of Female Mobility in the Nordic Bronze Age
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Tales from Ginderup Mound in Thisted County, Denmark : Further Investigations of Female Mobility in the Nordic Bronze Age. / Reiter, Samantha Scott; Møller, Niels Algreen; Jørkov, Marie Louise Schjellerup; Bech, Jens-Henrik; Frei, Robert; Frei, Karin M.
In: Danish Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2023, p. 1-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Tales from Ginderup Mound in Thisted County, Denmark
T2 - Further Investigations of Female Mobility in the Nordic Bronze Age
AU - Reiter, Samantha Scott
AU - Møller, Niels Algreen
AU - Jørkov, Marie Louise Schjellerup
AU - Bech, Jens-Henrik
AU - Frei, Robert
AU - Frei, Karin M.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The preservation of organic and human remains in Early Nordic Bronze Age mounds (1700 BCE -1100 BCE) permits new provenance work on this important period. Studies have shown that different mobility/non-mobility patterns were exercised by elite women during this time. To extend the database, we conducted strontium isotope analyses of the enamel from the second and third molars from the elite female grave from Ginderup in Thisted County, Denmark. Among other items, this grave included the textile remains of a possible corded skirt or fringed blanket. We complemented analyses of this woman’s enamel with strontium isotope analyses of the first molar from Grave B as well as osteological analysis of the individuals from Early Nordic Bronze Age Graves A, B and C.Our results revealed that the strontium isotope ratios obtained from the woman wearing a possible corded skirt yielded one local ratio (M2) and one non-local ratio (M3). The results from Grave B yielded a ratio which falls within the local baseline of present-day Denmark. Our results suggest that the Ginderup Woman was probably of local origin, but that she also was repeatedly mobile during her life. These data are further evidence for the Nordic Bronze Age’s complex socio-dynamics.
AB - The preservation of organic and human remains in Early Nordic Bronze Age mounds (1700 BCE -1100 BCE) permits new provenance work on this important period. Studies have shown that different mobility/non-mobility patterns were exercised by elite women during this time. To extend the database, we conducted strontium isotope analyses of the enamel from the second and third molars from the elite female grave from Ginderup in Thisted County, Denmark. Among other items, this grave included the textile remains of a possible corded skirt or fringed blanket. We complemented analyses of this woman’s enamel with strontium isotope analyses of the first molar from Grave B as well as osteological analysis of the individuals from Early Nordic Bronze Age Graves A, B and C.Our results revealed that the strontium isotope ratios obtained from the woman wearing a possible corded skirt yielded one local ratio (M2) and one non-local ratio (M3). The results from Grave B yielded a ratio which falls within the local baseline of present-day Denmark. Our results suggest that the Ginderup Woman was probably of local origin, but that she also was repeatedly mobile during her life. These data are further evidence for the Nordic Bronze Age’s complex socio-dynamics.
U2 - 10.7146/dja.v12i1.134830
DO - 10.7146/dja.v12i1.134830
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 25
JO - Danish Journal of Archaeology
JF - Danish Journal of Archaeology
SN - 2166-2282
IS - 1
ER -
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