The National Museum of Denmark has initiated its most comprehensive interdisciplinary research venture so far: 'Northern Worlds'. Between 2009 and 2013, the programme will produce and communicate new knowledge on the relationship between people and environment over the last 15,000 years in ways relevant to the present, with its notable climatic changes. The research initiative 'Northern Worlds' combines and coordinates the expertise of the National Museum within the disciplines of archaeology, history, ethnography, conservation and natural science (environmental history).
Author(s): Ditlev L. Mahler, Carina Andersen (eds.)
Series: Nordlige Verdener. Northern Worlds
Publisher: The National Museum of Denmark
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 92
City: Copenhagen
Northern Worlds The interdisciplinary research initiative of the National Museum / Hans Christian Gulløv 4
Shetland – the Border of Farming 4000-3000 BC: Some Features of the Neolithic of Shetland / Ditlev L. Mahler 6
From Homestead Enclosure to Farm? Field Development in Shetland in the Neolithic Period / Val Turner 19
The Post-Glacial Colonization of Shetland – Integration or Isolation? Evidence from Lithic and Stone Assemblages / Torben Ballin 32
Early Agriculture at the Border / Flemming Kaul 44
Highlights from the Northernmost Bronze Age societies in Norway / Preben Rønne 58
Post-Medieval Reuse of Neolithic Sites in Shetland / Ian Tait 70
Three ancient cultivation tools from Shetland / Jenny Murray 80
Contributors 92
