Cyfrangau Arforol

Prif nod y prosiect hwn yw llenwi’r bylchau parhaus sydd wedi’u hagor gan astudiaethau diweddar sy’n seiliedig ar archaeoleg ac aDNA, er mwyn deall dimensiynau morwrol mudo, symudedd a chyfnewid ar hyd ffasâd yr Iwerydd o Norwy i Iberia. Byddwn yn ymchwilio i esblygiad technolegau morwrol cynhanesyddol a gallu llywio ar foroedd, afonydd a llynnoedd, a’u rôl mewn mudo mawr.

Mae’r prosiect yn cael ei arwain gan Adran Astudiaethau Hanesyddol, Prifysgol Gothenburg, ac mae’n cael ei ariannu gan Riksbankens Jubileumsfond rhwng 2022–8.

Presenting Counterpoints to The Dominant Terrestrial Narrative of European Prehistory is the first in the multi-author series Maritime Encounters, outputs of the major six-year (2022–28) international research initiative, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

This major new series examines the contribution and significance of maritime transport, movement, and trade in the shaping of Bronze Age communities and social complexity in north-west Europe. Our research programme is based on a maritime perspective, as a counterpoint to prevailing land-based vantages on Europe’s prehistory. It includes a far-ranging, research-led reconsideration of the role of mining and source areas of metals and metal exchange networks in the Bronze Age along the seaboard between Iberia, Ireland, Britain, and Scandinavia, and models a maritime mode of production.