Dataset on the deposits of the semi-circular rampart around the former Viking settlement Hedeby and its vicinity.

ABSTRACT: Soils and sediments are able to preserve traces of human activity in the form of morphological, geochemical and geophysical properties of materials. Thanks to that the study of these materials may provide valuable information about the formation and functioning of archaeological sites. Materials transported for earthwork construction and their configuration preserve important information on the past landscape development, the anthropogenic transformation of the landscape as well as the process of the fortification formation. The UNESCO heritage site Hedeby was one of the most significant proto-towns in Northern Europe and an important trading center in the Viking Age. The town was surrounded by the semi-circular fortification rampart connected to the Danevirke, the Danish fortification sys

SUBMITTER: Kurgaeva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666324 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature