This introduction provides an overview of fragments and fragmentation in archaeology, aiming to map out a field that has rarely been subjected to synthesising efforts. First, it presents a background, taking John Chapman’s publication of ‘Fragmentation in Archaeology’ in 2000 as a starting point. It...

Pieces of the past, fragments for the future – broken metalwork in Nordic Late Bronze Age hoards as memorabilia?

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Anna Sörman (2023)

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Large quantities of hoarded metalwork were intentionally buried or drowned in landscapes throughout Bronze Age Europe. In the Late Bronze Age (LBA; c. 1100–500 BCE), southern Scandinavia, like elsewhere, a significant part of the bronze objects deposited in hoards were broken. Depositions dominated...

Fusing fragments: Repaired objects, refitted parts and upcycled pieces in the Late Bronze Age metalwork of Southern Scandinavia

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Karin Ojala et al. (2023)

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Late Bronze Age (LBA) metalwork in southern Scandinavia is often visually striking, meant for various forms of social and ceremonial display. Despite this role, bronze objects sometimes feature indiscrete repairs. Mended and added parts have often been seen as functional solutions to damages caused...

Four Problems for Archaeological Refitting Studies. Discussion from the Taï Site and its Neolithic Pottery Material (France)

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Sébastien Plutniak et al. (2023)

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Determining spatial units (e.g., layers, areas) and location of archaeological remains within these units is fundamental in archaeology. However, the fuzzy boundaries of spatial units (e.g., sediments) and the uncertainty of objects' past location (moved by possible post-depositional perturbations)...

Genetic turnovers and northern survival during the last glacial maximum in European brown bears

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Erik Ersmark et al. (9 juin 2020)

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