Papers by Vivian van Heekeren
Inter-Section, 2017
The period of the Industrial Revolution brought major changes in nutrition, lifestyle, and living... more The period of the Industrial Revolution brought major changes in nutrition, lifestyle, and living conditions in London. These changes are conducive to the development of osteoporosis in the population. Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease, which is characterised by increased bone porosity, and may result in more fragile bones and fractures. The World Health Organisation has identified osteoporosis as one of the most prevalent diseases in the modern world, however archaeological sources remain mainly silent on the subject. Data from London provided by the Museum of Archaeology London (MOLA) is compared to observe whether there is a change in prevalence of osteoporosis between the Medieval and post-Medieval period. This research shows that if advanced techniques, such as radiography, are incorporated within the osteological analysis more osteoporosis cases are found within the archaeological record. structural incorporation of modern techniques will provide new insights in past populations.
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepublicee... more In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Archaeological Journal, 2020
Excavations on the south-eastern slopes of King Barrow Ridge, 1.5 km east of Stonehenge, revealed... more Excavations on the south-eastern slopes of King Barrow Ridge, 1.5 km east of Stonehenge, revealed five pits, a grave and other features of Middle Neolithic date. Analysis of the pit assemblages and the partial inhumation interred in the grave has provided insights into lifeways in this landscape in the late fourth millennium cal BC. Evidence suggests that the area was visited by a pastoralist, mobile community on a semi-regular basis for a significant period, in late autumn or winter. Selected remnants of craft-working and consumption were deposited in pits, before deliberate infilling. These depositions repeatedly memorialised activity on the hillside at a time of contemporary activity elsewhere on King Barrow Ridge and at the future site of Stonehenge. Middle Neolithic pits are present in significant numbers across King Barrow Ridge, and alongside pits in the Durrington area, form one of the densest concentrations of such activity in the region. Long distance mobility is suggested...
Journal of Archaeological Science
Contamination is a potential problem in the study of ancient proteins, either from prior handling... more Contamination is a potential problem in the study of ancient proteins, either from prior handling of the sample, laboratory consumables, or cross-sample carryover from mass spectrometers. Recently, deamidation of glutamine has been proposed as a measure for assessing the degradation of ancient proteins. Here, we present deamiDATE 1.0, a method for the authentication of ancient proteins using measure of site-specific deamidation rates. We test this approach on shotgun proteomic data derived from bone collagen from modern, archaeological and extinct taxa. We further demonstrate how this method may be used to differentiate between modern contaminants and authentic ancient proteins using a case study from Neolithic dental calculus.
Cranium, 2018
Samenvatting
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artik... more Samenvatting
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Summary
In February, a paper was published in the well-known archaeological journal Antiquity on the oldest human remains and the oldest art from the North Sea (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Both finds date to more than 13.000 years ago. They are very rare clues of the reoccupation of northern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum of the last Ice Age. This contribution is a summary of that article.
Antiquity, 2018
Archaeological evidence from the submerged North Sea landscape has established the rich diversity... more Archaeological evidence from the submerged North Sea landscape has established the rich diversity of Pleistocene and Early Holocene ecosystems and their importance to huntergatherer subsistence strategies. Comparatively little of this evidence, however, dates to the Late Glacial, the period when Northern Europe was repopulated by colonising foragers. A human parietal bone and a decorated bovid metatarsus recently recovered from the floor of the North Sea have been datedtothiscrucialtransitionalperiod.They are set against the background of significant climatic and environmental changes and a major technological and sociocultural transformation. These discoveries also reaffirm the importance of continental shelves as archaeological archives.
The period of the Industrial Revolution brought major changes in nutrition, lifestyle, and living... more The period of the Industrial Revolution brought major changes in nutrition, lifestyle, and living conditions in London. These changes are conducive to the development of osteoporosis in the population. Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease, which is characterised by increased bone porosity, and may result in more fragile bones and fractures. The World Health Organisation has identified osteoporosis as one of the most prevalent diseases in the modern world, however archaeological sources remain mainly silent on the subject.
Data from London provided by the Museum of Archaeology London (MOLA) is compared to observe whether there is a change in prevalence of osteoporosis between the Medieval and post-Medieval period. This research shows that if advanced techniques, such as radiography, are incorporated within the osteological analysis more osteoporosis cases are found within the archaeological record. structural incorporation of modern techniques will provide new insights in past populations.
Roman objects and art has been a fruitful source for discussion between scholars and the developm... more Roman objects and art has been a fruitful source for discussion between scholars and the development of subsequent theories. Traditional research has been influenced for instance by Winckelmann and the Kopienkritik. These theories have been useful in understanding Roman art, but lack an objective approach. Archaeology takes advantage of a multidisciplinary approach and this objective way is found in Panofsky’s work within art history. In 1939, Erwin Panofsky published his book Studies in Iconology. He introduced a three-levelled approach to get a structured iconographical analyses, applied to Renaissance art. This article investigates the application of Panofsky’s three-levelled approach to a Roman Memento-Mori mosaic to see whether it is useful for understanding archaeological objects. The aim is to develop a multidisciplinary, contextualised visual analysis of the object with a crossover of techniques between archaeology and art history, in order to assess its suitability for the interpretation of past material culture.
IJSRA by Vivian van Heekeren
by Gonzalo Linares Matás, Lilla Vonk, Antonio Sánchez, Ariane Maggio, Dylan S Davis, Richard Takkou, Sonja Dobroski, Vivian van Heekeren, Kelton Sheridan, Helen Rayer, Sam Hughes, Bertie Norman, Alix Thoeming, and Amanda Gaggioli
Popular scientific by Vivian van Heekeren
Archeologie Magazine, 2018
Papers in Dutch with English summary (selection) by Vivian van Heekeren
Samenvatting
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artik... more Samenvatting
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Summary
In February, a paper was published in the well-known archaeological journal Antiquity on the oldest human remains and the oldest art from the North Sea (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Both finds date to more than 13.000 years ago. They are very rare clues of the reoccupation of northern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum of the last Ice Age. This contribution is a summary of that article.
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Papers by Vivian van Heekeren
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Summary
In February, a paper was published in the well-known archaeological journal Antiquity on the oldest human remains and the oldest art from the North Sea (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Both finds date to more than 13.000 years ago. They are very rare clues of the reoccupation of northern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum of the last Ice Age. This contribution is a summary of that article.
Data from London provided by the Museum of Archaeology London (MOLA) is compared to observe whether there is a change in prevalence of osteoporosis between the Medieval and post-Medieval period. This research shows that if advanced techniques, such as radiography, are incorporated within the osteological analysis more osteoporosis cases are found within the archaeological record. structural incorporation of modern techniques will provide new insights in past populations.
IJSRA by Vivian van Heekeren
Popular scientific by Vivian van Heekeren
Papers in Dutch with English summary (selection) by Vivian van Heekeren
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Summary
In February, a paper was published in the well-known archaeological journal Antiquity on the oldest human remains and the oldest art from the North Sea (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Both finds date to more than 13.000 years ago. They are very rare clues of the reoccupation of northern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum of the last Ice Age. This contribution is a summary of that article.
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Summary
In February, a paper was published in the well-known archaeological journal Antiquity on the oldest human remains and the oldest art from the North Sea (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Both finds date to more than 13.000 years ago. They are very rare clues of the reoccupation of northern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum of the last Ice Age. This contribution is a summary of that article.
Data from London provided by the Museum of Archaeology London (MOLA) is compared to observe whether there is a change in prevalence of osteoporosis between the Medieval and post-Medieval period. This research shows that if advanced techniques, such as radiography, are incorporated within the osteological analysis more osteoporosis cases are found within the archaeological record. structural incorporation of modern techniques will provide new insights in past populations.
In februari werd in het gerenommeerde archeologische tijdschrift Antiquity een artikel gepubliceerd over de oudste mens van Nederland en de oudste kunst uit de Noordzee (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Beide vondsten zijn meer dan 13.000 jaar oud. Ze zijn uiterst zeldzame aanwijzingen voor de herbewoning van noordelijk Europa door de moderne mens na de kou van het laatste glaciale maximum van de laatste ijstijd. Deze bijdrage is een samenvatting van het betreffende artikel.
Summary
In February, a paper was published in the well-known archaeological journal Antiquity on the oldest human remains and the oldest art from the North Sea (Amkreutz et al. 2018). Both finds date to more than 13.000 years ago. They are very rare clues of the reoccupation of northern Europe after the Last Glacial Maximum of the last Ice Age. This contribution is a summary of that article.