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The Illyrians were an Indo-European group of people who once inhabited a large expanse of the western Balkans. As interactions with the Greeks and, later, the Romans increased, the traditional way of life and sociopolitical organization of the Illyrians were undoubtedly altered. This thesis takes a geospatial approach in order to address how interactions with other groups of people influenced Illyrian settlement patterns. Specifically, how Greek colonization followed by Roman incorporation affected Illyrian settlement patterns in Albania? Due to its peripheral location in the Mediterranean, Albania provides a unique case study for investigating colonization, integration, and interaction between different cultures.

Over the past half century, archaeologists have been interested in how the environmental variation of the Central Coast has affected settlement patterns. Archaeologists relied on ethnography and subsistence models to explain settlement distribution but were unable to analytically demonstrate influencing factors. The objectives of this thesis were to investigate: (1) the spatial arrangement of sites to examine the types of locations people utilized; and (2) test if the occupational history of a site is reflected by its geographic locations. In this project, site dimension was used as a relative indicator of settlement occupational intensity, and over twenty environmental attributes were tested. Analysis was systematically conducted at multiple spatial scales using GIS. In the first stage the location of shell middens (n=351) were compared against an environmental baseline, derived from a sample of random points. For the second stage, small and large shell middens were compared to test if their locations significantly differed. It was found that shell middens do show an association with certain environmental settings. For some attributes, there was an observable difference in the location of large and small shell middens. However, immense variability was identified and the environmental context of sites greatly determined whether locational preferences could be empirically demonstrated. Overall, large middens, more so than small middens, are located in areas with higher resource diversity. These conclusions support other studies that indicate the relevance of multiple determinants and emphasizes the local nuances of settlement patterning affected by environmental and cultural factors. My results oppose the simplistic and static notion about a prehistoric annual cycle of sedentary winter villages and seasonal resource-specific camps. Improvements to an understanding of settlement distribution can aid in contextualizing specific sites within their regional setting and contribute to our knowledge regarding larger cultural practices such as subsistence and land use practices. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

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No / Cultural encounters form a dominant theme in the study of Iron Age Europe. This was particularly acute in regions where urbanising Mediterranean civilisations came into contact with ‘barbarian’ worlds. This volume presents preliminary work from the ENTRANS Project, which explores the nature and impact of such encounters in south-east Europe, alongside a series of papers on analogous European regions. A range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches are offered in an effort to promote dialogue around these central issues in European protohistory. / HERA / Only the cover and contents pages are available on Bradford Scholars.

Yes / This paper describes some results of the research undertaken over the Brown Bank area during recent (2018/2019) geoarchaeological surveys in the North Sea which included seismic imaging, shallow (vibro)coring and dredging. It examines the benefits of simultaneous high-resolution (0.5 – 1m) and ultra-high-resolution (10 – 20cm) seismic survey techniques and a staged approach to resolving the submerged Holocene landscape in the highest possible detail for the purpose of targeted prospecting for archaeological material from the Mesolithic landscape of Doggerland. The materials recovered from such surveys offer significantly greater information due to an enhanced understanding of the context in which they were recovered. The importance of this information cannot be understated archaeologically, as few locations on land provide the opportunity to recover archaeological finds in situ within preserved landscapes. Moreover, it allows offshore areas of potential human activity to be prospected with some certainty of success. / ERC

O naturalista dinamarquês Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801-1880), considerado o pai da Paleontologia brasileira, professava a chamada Teoria do Catastrofismo, de Georges Cuvier. Foi para tentar comprovar esta teoria que o naturalista escavou milhares de fósseis nas cavernas de Lagoa Santa (MG) entre 1835 e 1844, quando descreveu dezenas de espécies extintas do período Pleistoceno. Durante este trabalho, Lund descobriu os esqueletos fossilizados de cerca de 30 seres humanos, que ficaram conhecidos como os Homens de Lagoa Santa. Logo após esta descoberta, o naturalista enviou suas coleções para a Dinamarca e pôs um fim nos trabalhos de campo, sem no entanto voltar ao seu país e permanecendo no Brasil até sua morte. <br />A maior questão não respondida sobre a vida de Peter Lund, e o objetivo deste trabalho, é entender porque afinal ele parou de pesquisar? O próprio Lund alegou falta de dinheiro. Mas seus biógrafos escolheram como bode espiatório o cansaço físico e intelectual após anos de trabalho ininterrupto nas cavernas. <br />A resposta, no entanto, encontra-se na coleção de cartas de Lund, arquivadas na Biblioteca Real de Copenhagen. O presente trabalho é resultado do estudo de uma pequena parte desta correspondências. Analisou-se a vida do naturalista à luz da sua relação com a família, mestres e amigos no Brasil e na Dinamarca, na esperança de identificar a razão para o término das pesquisas de um dos mais influentes cientistas do Brasil no século XIX.