Assessment of the reason for the vitrification of a wall at a hillfort. The example of Broborg in SwedenShow others and affiliations
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 43, article id 103459
Keywords [en]
Broborg, Vitrified, Hillfort, Vesicles, Genesis, Construction
National Category
History Other Environmental Engineering
Research subject
Waste Science and Technology
Identifiers
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
Note
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.
2022-05-122022-05-122023-05-08Bibliographically approved