HIST 111 Lecture : 7 The Invasions.docx

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 111
• Professor: Janna Bianchini

Document Summary

Coin hoards- where people buried their cash: locations- identify how much it circulated (signify trade networks) as where was made printed on coin. Aerial archaeology- reveal patterns can"t see from ground: reveal walls under the ground, how plants grew. Pollen from a peat bog- can analyze preserved pea pollen: wild or domestic plant (identifies types of agriculture, lots of domestic pollen= lots of agri) Shipwrecks- black sea (dead zone- no oxygen, organic materials don"t decompose: very intact ships from centuries ago. Studying human remains: identify disease patterns (arthritis leaves marks on bones), injury patterns (type of work), nutritional data (growth pattern of bones, chemical analysis of bones or mud surrounding bones. Trade reversing- trade in western more vigorous and trade in east is declining (later 8th and 9th c) Population growing in the west, climate improving, more intense farming and stock rearing. Invasions of 9th century attacked different parts of western europe.