Introduction: Early Modern Urban Periphery in Europe, the New Lödöse Project

The Nya Lödöse Project focused on one particular uiban site, a Swedish town founded in 1473 and finally abandoned in 1624. The use of the town virtually abandoned on several occasions related to large - scale wars. A large scale rescue archaeology project initiated in 2013 focused on this urban site...

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Published in:International journal of historical archaeology 2018-06, Vol.22 (2), p.183-185
Main Authors: Cornell, Per, Rosén, Christina
Format: Article
Language:English
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Airborne particulates
Archaeology
Historia och arkeologi
History and Archaeology
Social Sciences
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Summary:The Nya Lödöse Project focused on one particular uiban site, a Swedish town founded in 1473 and finally abandoned in 1624. The use of the town virtually abandoned on several occasions related to large - scale wars. A large scale rescue archaeology project initiated in 2013 focused on this urban site, situated in today's Gothenburg, Sweden. Combining a set of disciplines proved productive. Historical sources were revisited and scrutinized, and new archaeological evidence retrieved. Various specialists contributed with knowledge on digital field methodology, osteology, archaeobotany and ICP analysis, just to quote some examples. The Nya Lödöse Project has produced a wealth of information of one particular location from the sixteenth century, a town of relatively short duration, and thus with a good time/space relation. This introduction briefly discusses the articles of this IJHA volume, entirely dedicated to the Nya Lödöse project.
ISSN:1092-7697
1573-7748
1573-7748
DOI:10.1007/s10761-017-0425-2