Strontium isotopes ratios obtained on modern and archaeological wool samples from the medieval harbour site of Borgund, Norway (contemporary samples 2018/archaeological 8th-15th century)

Strontium ratios obtained from modern wool samples from across the North Atlantic and archaeological samples obtained from the medieval and Viking Age harbour site of Borgund, western Norway (8th-15th centuryt). Description of the project: This research was part of the project: Archaeological Investigations of the Eastern North Atlantic Trade and Globalizing Economic Systems (Award no. 1733914) and sought to provide new data on patterns of household-scale production and consumption in the eastern North Atlantic islands and assess the ways that textiles from the rural North Atlantic islands were used, consumed, and traded within the emerging medieval and post-medieval urban harbors of Bergen, Trondheim, and Borgund in Norway. Over the course of 1000 years, trade linking the Norse North Atlantic colonies waxed and waned. Early medieval networks linked the North Atlantic islands primarily with Norway for supplies of key resources, yet archaeological data suggest that by the mid-11th century Icelandic women wove in response to demands for products sold in London and beyond. By the 13th century, these networks expanded, with both the North Atlantic and North Sea integrated into the Hanseatic League's networks linking northern Europe and beyond. From the 17th century onwards, the North Atlantic was integrated into increasingly industrial mercantile networks, controlled through monopolistic practices by the Danish state, linking the cities of northwestern Europe with colonies and consumers across the world. This project was : (1) to assess the regional characteristics and trajectories of eastern North Atlantic women's textile production, (2) connect these collections and patterns with textile assemblages from emerging and central trading harbors in Scandinavia and beyond, and (3) link these results with previous NSF-funded work.

本数据集包含从北大西洋全域采集的现代羊毛样本，以及挪威西部博尔贡（Borgund）8至15世纪中世纪与维京时代港口遗址出土的考古样本所测得的锶同位素比值。本研究隶属于「东北大西洋贸易与全球化经济体系考古调查」（"Archaeological Investigations of the Eastern North Atlantic Trade and Globalizing Economic Systems"）项目（项目编号：1733914），旨在获取东北大西洋群岛家庭尺度生产与消费模式的全新实证数据，并评估北大西洋乡村群岛所产纺织品在挪威卑尔根（Bergen）、特隆赫姆（Trondheim）及博尔贡（Borgund）等中世纪及后中世纪新兴城市港口中的使用、消费与贸易路径。在千余年的历史进程中，连接北欧北大西洋殖民地的贸易网络历经兴衰更迭。中世纪早期，北大西洋群岛主要与挪威建立资源补给关联，以获取关键生产与生活物资；但考古数据显示，至11世纪中叶，冰岛女性已开始响应伦敦及其他欧洲地区的市场需求开展纺织品织造。至13世纪，此类贸易网络进一步扩张，北大西洋与北海均被纳入汉萨同盟（Hanseatic League）的跨区域贸易体系，连通北欧乃至更广阔的欧洲大陆。自17世纪起，北大西洋被纳入愈发工业化的全球商业贸易网络，由丹麦王室通过垄断经营手段实施管控，将西北欧城市与全球各地的殖民地及消费者联结为统一市场。本项目的核心研究目标包括三项：（1）评估东北大西洋女性纺织品生产的区域特征与发展轨迹；（2）将本次采集的纺织品遗存与生产模式，与斯堪的纳维亚及其他地区新兴及核心贸易港口出土的同类纺织品遗存进行关联对比；（3）将本研究结果与此前由美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation，NSF）资助的相关研究成果进行整合。