FOR 1670: Transalpine Mobility and Culture Transfer

过去，同位素绘图已成为评估流动性和贸易的不可或缺的工具。该研究单位旨在解决这类研究固有的最突出的限制因素之一，即地质学定义的同位素比率的总体冗余。在几个文化时代，火葬是最常见的，如果不是唯一的埋葬习俗。在这个项目中，火化的骨头遗骸，一个相当被忽视的生物考古学基质，将首次系统地调查选定的项目可以追溯到Urnfield文化，更老和更年轻的铁器时代和罗马帝国时代。项目目标包括：（1）利用由4 ~ 5个同位素比值（？）18 O、87 Sr/86 Sr、208 Pb/204 Pb、207 Pb/204 Pb、206 Pb/204 Pb），（2）对火化物质进行大规模分析，（3）对分析物质的性质进行深入的矿物学鉴定，（4）建立适用于所有考古地层的参考区同位素图，（5）通过新的数据挖掘方法确定个人同位素指纹，（6）使用非本地的人类和动物骨骼发现对起源地和迁移方向进行精细重建，（7）从而为史前时期的社会和文化变化提供全新的见解，（8）最终将数据整合到一个可自由访问的数据库中（全球数据共享）。

Isotopic mapping has become an indispensable tool for the assessment of mobility and trade in the past. This Research Unit aims at solving one of the most prominent limiting factors inherent to this type of study, which is the overall redundancy of geologically defined isotopic ratios. For several cultural epochs, cremation was the most common if not exclusive burial custom. In this project, cremated bone remains, a rather neglected bioarchaeological substrate, will be systematically investigated for the first time with selected projects dating into the Urnfield Culture, the older and younger Iron Age and imperial Roman Age. Project goals include: (1) constructing an isotopic map of a reference region of eminent archaeological importance (the Alps and its northern surroundings) by application of an isotopic fingerprint consisting of four to five isotopic ratios (?18O, 87Sr/86Sr, 208Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 206Pb/204Pb), (2) large-scale analysis of cremated material, (3) conducting an in-depth mineralogical identification of the nature of the analysed material, (4) establishing an isotopic map for the reference region that is suitable for all archaeological strata, (5) defining an individual isotopic fingerprint by novel data mining methods, (6) producing a fine-scaled reconstruction of place of origin and direction of migration using non-local skeletal human and faunal finds, (7) thus providing entirely new insights into social and cultural change in prehistoric times, (8) finally integrating the data into a freely accessible data bank (worldwide data sharing).