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Assessment of the reason for the vitrification of a wall at a hillfort. The example of Broborg in Sweden
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Geosciences and Environmental Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2544-6087
Arkeologerna, Geoarchaeological Laboratory, National Historical Museums (SHMM), Hållnäsgatan 11, SE 752 28 Uppsala, Sweden.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
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2022 (English)In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, ISSN 2352-409X, E-ISSN 2352-4103, Vol. 43, article id 103459Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

It was discovered around 250 years ago that some of the rock material in the walls of some hillforts had been subjected to such high temperature that it had vitrified. This prompted a debate as to the reason for it that is still going on today: did the vitrification come about as a result of hostile action, by accident, or for the purpose of constructing the fort? The present paper is based on the recognition that hillforts are different, and therefore should be evaluated individually. All identifiable factors of interest should be included, and especially those that might disprove any alternative. Thus, incentives, competence and petrographic aspects were evaluated for the hillfort named Broborg (dated to the Migration Period, in Sweden A.D. 400–550), and it is concluded that the vitrification here came about for the purpose of constructing the fort.

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Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 43, article id 103459
Keywords [en]
Broborg, Vitrified, Hillfort, Vesicles, Genesis, Construction
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History Other Environmental Engineering
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Waste Science and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-90622DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103459ISI: 000802123800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85129945318OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-90622DiVA, id: diva2:1657877
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Validerad;2022;Nivå 2;2022-05-12 (johcin);

Funder:United States Department of Energy (US DOE) Office of Environmental Management, International Programs;  the US DOE Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project.

Available from: 2022-05-12 Created: 2022-05-12 Last updated: 2023-05-08Bibliographically approved

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