Scales of Abstraction: The Kiel Conceptual Approach from Heterogeneous Data to Interpretations

  • Nicole Taylor*
  • , Christoph Rinne
  • , Jan Piet Brozio
  • , Jutta Kneisel
  • , Magdalena Wieckowska-Lüth
  • , Jos Kleijne
  • , Hermann Gorbahn
  • , Wiebke Kirleis
  • , Johannes Müller
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The identification of individual palaeoecological and societal aspects allows the comparison of transformation processes across completely different ecological and historic situations. This basic concept proves, on the one hand, the comparability of transformation processes and the parameters involved in them, and shows on the other hand how diverse the appearance and expression of transformation can be. The investigation of transformations occurring across 15,000 years of human and environmental history is a complex undertaking and involves the consideration of archives of varying accessibility, handled by different disciplines using different analyses and approaches. This chapter demonstrates one approach used by Kiel Archaeology to integrate this heterogeneity in order to answer common research questions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerspectives on Socio-environmental Transformations in Ancient Europe
EditorsJohannes Müller, Wiebke Kirleis, Nicole Taylor
PublisherSpringer
Pages11-33
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)9783031533143
ISBN (Print)9783031533136
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Publication series

NameQuantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)2366-5998
ISSN (Electronic)2366-6005

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