Sarah Skytte Qvistgaard | Aarhus University (original) (raw)
Uploads
Books by Sarah Skytte Qvistgaard
Papers by Sarah Skytte Qvistgaard
Beyond Urnfilds, 2024
Katarzyna Ślusarska Between the Urnfield culture and the Nordic Bronze Age. Man and environment i... more Katarzyna Ślusarska Between the Urnfield culture and the Nordic Bronze Age. Man and environment in the Late Bronze Age on the southwestern Baltic coast. .. .. .. .. .. . Karol Dzięgielewski Urnfields in their own way: The Late Bronze Age on the southern Baltic coast (middle and eastern Pomerania). .. .. .. .. Arjan Louwen A tale of people, places and broken pots. A long-term perspective on the emergence of urnfields in the Lower-Rhine-Basin. .
Journal of Archaeological Science
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2019
Recently, new augmented recording techniques have entered archaeological fieldwork. We review a m... more Recently, new augmented recording techniques have entered archaeological fieldwork. We review a major urban excavation in Ribe, Denmark, which has adopted a systematic use of 3D laser scanning and intensive soil and sediment micromorphological sampling as part of the excavation recording practice. Both methods represent a major advance in field documentation, achieving a higher degree of detail and precision for the recording of archaeological features. We argue that these technologies also challenge the current paradigm of single-context recording, i.e. the separation of layers and features as all-encompassing units of recording. First, 3D digital recording implies that contexts are defined in a more definite way than previously, with less flexibility for recursive revision. Second, micromorphology demonstrates how the strata separated in excavation are only a subset of those created in deposition. We call for a new approach, which takes into consideration the fact that excavation units do not always mirror depositional events, as assumed by single-context theory, and that different kinds of observations may not overlap, as assumed in singlecontext practice. Instead, interfaces, matrices and assemblages are restored as separate units to record and feed into the interpretation cycle. This may be described as recording metacontext: observations that go across or between contexts. We demonstrate how a systematic metacontext registration can lead to a manageable and more detailed excavation record, more faithful to the archaeologists' observations.
Nyt fra Vestfronten: Nord- og Vestjyske bebyggelser fra ældre jernalder. Arkæologiske Skrifter 10, 2011
Beyond Urnfilds, 2024
Katarzyna Ślusarska Between the Urnfield culture and the Nordic Bronze Age. Man and environment i... more Katarzyna Ślusarska Between the Urnfield culture and the Nordic Bronze Age. Man and environment in the Late Bronze Age on the southwestern Baltic coast. .. .. .. .. .. . Karol Dzięgielewski Urnfields in their own way: The Late Bronze Age on the southern Baltic coast (middle and eastern Pomerania). .. .. .. .. Arjan Louwen A tale of people, places and broken pots. A long-term perspective on the emergence of urnfields in the Lower-Rhine-Basin. .
Journal of Archaeological Science
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2019
Recently, new augmented recording techniques have entered archaeological fieldwork. We review a m... more Recently, new augmented recording techniques have entered archaeological fieldwork. We review a major urban excavation in Ribe, Denmark, which has adopted a systematic use of 3D laser scanning and intensive soil and sediment micromorphological sampling as part of the excavation recording practice. Both methods represent a major advance in field documentation, achieving a higher degree of detail and precision for the recording of archaeological features. We argue that these technologies also challenge the current paradigm of single-context recording, i.e. the separation of layers and features as all-encompassing units of recording. First, 3D digital recording implies that contexts are defined in a more definite way than previously, with less flexibility for recursive revision. Second, micromorphology demonstrates how the strata separated in excavation are only a subset of those created in deposition. We call for a new approach, which takes into consideration the fact that excavation units do not always mirror depositional events, as assumed by single-context theory, and that different kinds of observations may not overlap, as assumed in singlecontext practice. Instead, interfaces, matrices and assemblages are restored as separate units to record and feed into the interpretation cycle. This may be described as recording metacontext: observations that go across or between contexts. We demonstrate how a systematic metacontext registration can lead to a manageable and more detailed excavation record, more faithful to the archaeologists' observations.
Nyt fra Vestfronten: Nord- og Vestjyske bebyggelser fra ældre jernalder. Arkæologiske Skrifter 10, 2011