Migration is not just a recent, crisis-driven phenomenon, but a fundamental part of human life – and has always been so. This booklet is aimed at everyone who is interested in human migration in the past. In short texts, we first deconstruct twelve common migration stereotypes which are often encountered in both scholarly texts and other media, such as news reports. While most of our texts are written from an archaeological perspective, they also impact how we see migration in the present. For example, are migrations always violent? What is the demographic impact of migrations? How does migration change both migrants and welcoming societies?
A second section explains five common archaeological and scientific methods used to trace past migrations, for example ancient DNA (aDNA), isotopic analysis, and archaeological sourcing methods. In a final part, we present seven selected case studies from the European prehistoric past, from the Stone Age to the early medieval Migration Period. Each text is accompanied by a lavish illustration which functions as a trigger for critical reflection in its own right – whether by provoking laughter, presenting alternative narratives, or inviting emotional responses. The volume also contains a series preface, an introduction, and suggestions for further reading. Enjoy!
This booklet is also available in Norwegian here: Arkeologiske fortellinger om migrasjon
Paperback ISBN: 9789464262025 | Imprint: Sidestone Press | Format: 200x270mm | 72 pp. | Series: HotAcademia | Language: English | 27 illus. (bw) | Keywords: archaeology; prehistory; migration; mobility; methods; stereotypes; stories | download cover | DOI: 10.59641/ukr271lm
An introduction to the series – HotAcademia and migration: Myths and realities explained
Bisserka Gaydarska, Laura Coltofean-Arizancu and Uroš MatićMigration in the past and present – stereotypes, methods and stories
Daniela Hofmann, Catherine J. Frieman, Astrid NylandMigration stereotypes
Stereotype 1: Migration is a recent phenomenon
Stefan BurmeisterStereotype 2: Migration is mass migration
Stefan BurmeisterStereotype 3: Migration is a one-way, linear process
Martin FurholtStereotype 4: Migrants are a coherent group
Daniela HofmannStereotype 5: Migrants give up their roots when they migrate
Astrid J. NylandStereotype 6: Migrants will eventually assimilate
Daniela HofmannStereotype 7: People don’t want to move
Stefan BurmeisterStereotype 8: Migrations happen because of crises
Martin FurholtStereotype 9: Migrants will displace locals demographically
Tim KerigStereotype 10: Genes determine your ethnicity
Eva Fernandez-DominguezStereotype 11: Mobile women are a modern phenomenon
Samantha S. Reiter and Karin FreiStereotype 12: Migrations in the past were violent
Astrid J. NylandStudying migration in the past: the methods
Method 1: How to read an arrow on a map
Catherine J. FriemanMethod 2: Where do objects come from?
Catherine J. FriemanMethod 3: How languages spread
Rune IversenMethod 4: Migration is in your bones!
Steinar SolheimMethod 5: How does ancient DNA work?
Eva Fernandez-DominguezMigration narratives
Narrative 1: Travelling by boat in the Stone Age
Knut Andreas BergsvikNarrative 2: How farming came to Europe
Daniela HofmannNarrative 3: Coping with new surroundings in Neolithic Norway
Almut SchülkeNarrative 4: Horses and wagons: technologies of mobility
Niels N. JohannsenNarrative 5: Mobile women in the Bronze Age
Samantha S. Reiter and Karin FreiNarrative 6: On the road – paths and routeways
Catherine J. FriemanNarrative 7: Warriors on the loose? The Migration Period
Stefan BurmeisterSuggested reading
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