Repeating boundaries
Towards the end of the Late Bronze Age, linear boundaries such as enclosed farmsteads, field divisions, and pit zone alignments emerged and gradually permeated the landscapes of southern Scandinavia on multiple scales. This article suggests the concept of a ‘repertoire’ as a way of approaching this...
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| author | Mette Løvschal Mads Kähler Holst |
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Towards the end of the Late Bronze Age, linear boundaries such as enclosed farmsteads, field divisions, and pit zone alignments emerged and gradually permeated the landscapes of southern Scandinavia on multiple scales. This article suggests the concept of a ‘repertoire’ as a way of approaching this phenomenon. The repertoire consisted of different topological operations (e.g. plot definition, demarcation, and enclosure), constructed by different materials (e.g. fences, pit zones, and earthen banks) on different scales (e.g. farmstead, settlement, and landscape). Such linear boundaries were applied as technological solutions to the new social and economic problems that occurred at this time in prehistory. A number of chronological and regional preferences can be demonstrated within this repertoire, and during the Late Bronze Age and Pre-Roman Iron Age, a range of new applications and combinations were developed in a creative exploration of the repertoire of linear boundaries.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f703b15108643cb91b6a659db37b9cd2023-11-18T01:03:44ZengEditorial Board of DJADanish Journal of Archaeology2166-22902014-11-01310.1080/21662282.2014.990311Repeating boundariesMette LøvschalMads Kähler Holst Towards the end of the Late Bronze Age, linear boundaries such as enclosed farmsteads, field divisions, and pit zone alignments emerged and gradually permeated the landscapes of southern Scandinavia on multiple scales. This article suggests the concept of a ‘repertoire’ as a way of approaching this phenomenon. The repertoire consisted of different topological operations (e.g. plot definition, demarcation, and enclosure), constructed by different materials (e.g. fences, pit zones, and earthen banks) on different scales (e.g. farmstead, settlement, and landscape). Such linear boundaries were applied as technological solutions to the new social and economic problems that occurred at this time in prehistory. A number of chronological and regional preferences can be demonstrated within this repertoire, and during the Late Bronze Age and Pre-Roman Iron Age, a range of new applications and combinations were developed in a creative exploration of the repertoire of linear boundaries. https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/124924Late Bronze AgePre-Roman Iron Agesettlement archaeologylandscape regulationsocial organisationboundaries |
| spellingShingle | Mette Løvschal Mads Kähler Holst Repeating boundaries Danish Journal of Archaeology Late Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age settlement archaeology landscape regulation social organisation boundaries |
| title | Repeating boundaries |
| title_full | Repeating boundaries |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Repeating boundaries |
| title_short | Repeating boundaries |
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| topic | Late Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age settlement archaeology landscape regulation social organisation boundaries |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/124924 |
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