Abstract:
The Iron Age in continental Europe is a period of profound cultural and biological importance with heterogeneous trends through space and time. Regional overviews are therefore useful for better understanding the main cultural and biological patterns characterizing this period across the European regions. For the area of modern Switzerland, a rich archeological and anthropological record represents the Late Iron Age. However, no review of the main anthropological and funerary patterns for this period is available to date. Here we assess the available demographic, paleopathological, funerary, and isotopic data for the Late Iron Age in the Swiss territory, and summarize the cultural and biological patterns emerging from the available literature. Finally, we highlight a series of research avenues for future studies.
摘要:
欧洲大陆的铁器时代是一个具有深远的文化和生物学重要性的时期,具有时空异质性的趋势。因此,区域概述有助于更好地了解欧洲地区这一时期的主要文化和生物模式。对于现代瑞士来说,丰富的考古和人类学记录代表了铁器时代晚期。然而,迄今为止,尚无对这一时期的主要人类学和丧葬模式的审查。在这里,我们评估可用的人口统计,古病理学,葬礼,和瑞士铁器时代晚期的同位素数据,并总结现有文献中出现的文化和生物模式。最后,我们强调了一系列未来研究的研究途径。