Elke Kaiser Boeken

Migrations and population dynamics are considered very problematic topics in the fields of ancient studies. Recent scholarship in (pre)historical population has generated new impulses by using scientific approaches using radiogenic and stable isotopes, and palaeogenetics, as well as computer simulation. As a result, the state of migration research has undergone rapid change. Several research groups presented papers at a conference held in Berlin in 2010, addressing specific historical aspects of population dynamics and migration, with no chronological or geographical restrictions, in the light of cutting-edge bio-archaeological research. This volume, divided into three larger thematic sections (isotope analysis, population genetics, and modelling and computer simulation), presents experiences and insights about methodological approaches, research results and prospects for future research in this area in a varied collection of papers. Scholars from widely diverse scientific disciplines present their approaches, findings and interpretations to an audience far broader than the circles of the individual disciplines.

Wie wirken sich räumliche Mobilität bzw. Migrationsbewegungen auf die Ausbreitung von Wissen aus? Aus verschiedenen kulturhistorischen und kulturtheoretischen Disziplinen sind in diesem Sammelband Untersuchungen zu diesem Thema zusammengestellt, deren zeitliche Bandbreite von schriftlosen Kulturen bis zu einem Einblick in die zeitgenössische ökonomische Innovationsforschung reicht. Die interdisziplinären Beiträge zeigen den Zusammenhang von räumlicher Mobilität und Transfer von Wissen in unterschiedlicher Weise auf, was die Strukturierung dieser Phänomene in historischer sowie schriftloser Zeit erlaubt.