Jes Martens
Archaeologist, based in Oslo but dealing with the Iron Age of Northern and Northern Central Europe at large. Author of more than 70 papers, editor of several books on hot research topics. Has experience from working and lecturing in several countries.
1961 October 9th. Born Ringsted, Central Zealand, Denmark.
Education:
1980 June. Graduated from highschool (Brønderslev Gymnasium).
1980 August - 1990 July. Studied archaeology at the University of Aarhus, with additional courses in philosophy of science, social anthropology, modern French philosophy, modern philosophy of science in theoretical physics.
1982 September - 1983 July guest student at University of Warsaw.
1991-September - 1992 June - Propedeutic Rusian Language course at University of Aarhus
1998 - June. PhD at University of Copenhagen for the work Local Development contra Foreign Influences.
Working Carreer:
1980-1990: Excavation assistent at numerous archaeological excavations in Denmark, Poland and the Faroe Islands.
1989-1996: Projecting and managing research excavations at Borremose
1990 July -1992 February research assistent at Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
1992 March - 1996 June Research Fellow at University of Copenhagen
1996 September - June 1999. Archaeologist, Executive officer at Riksantikvarieämbetet, The Swedish Heritage Management, Lund, Scania.
1999 July - Present - Researcher, later Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway.
Teaching experience:
1992-1996: teaching and examining at BA and Master level at University of Copenhagen
1997-1999: teaching at Open University (Folkeuniversitetet), Copenhagen
1999- 2006: teaching at BA and Master and examining level at Univerity of Oslo
Censoring at MA and PhD level at University of Tromsø and University of Aarhus
Guest lectures at:
University of Warsaw
University of Poznan
University of Gothenburg
University of Lund
University of Stockholm
Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Universtiy of Oslo
University of Tromsø
Peoples University of Telemark, Skien
University of Kiel
Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshafen
University of Groningen
and numerous local museums and private societies
Participant with contributions at several international and national archaeological conferences and meetings.
Research visits at the collections of
Vendsyssel historiske museum, Hjørring
Nordjyllands historiske museum, Aalborg
Vesthimmerlands museum, Aars,
Østhimmerlands museum, Hobro
Viborg stifts museum, Viborg
Kulturhistorisk museum, Randers
Djurslands museum, Grenå
Ebeltoft museum, Ebeltoft
Forhistorisk museum Moesgaard, Aarhus
Silkeborg museum, Silkeborg
Midtjyllands museum, Herning
Horsens museum, Horsens
Haderslev amts museum, Haderslev
Aabenraa museum, Aabenraa
Museet på Sønderborg slot, Sønderborg
Fyn Stiftsmuseum / Odense bys museer, Odense
Kalundborg museum, Kalundborg
Nationalmuseet, København
Dragør museum, Dragør
Bornholms museum, Rønne
Museet på Malmøhus, Malmö
Lunds historiska museum, Lund
Göteborg arkeologiska museum, Göteborg
Skaraborg länsmuseum, Skara
Statens historiska museum, Stockholm
Universitetets Oldsaksamling / Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo
Brekkemuseet, Skien
Arkeologisk museum, Stavanger
Historisk museum, Bergen
Vitenskapsmuseet, Trondheim
Archäologisches Landesmuseum für Schleswig-Holstein, Slesvig
Archäologisches Museum, hamburg
Museum Schwedenspeicher, Stade
Stadtmuseum, Cuxhaven
Museum at Burg Bederkesa, Bederkesa
Institut für historische Küstenforshung, Wilhelmshaven
Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen
Archaeological museum, Poznan
Institute of Archaeology, Poznan
National Museum, Szczecin
Archaeologcial Museum, Gdansk
Archaeological Museum, Torun
Archaeological Museum, Lodz
State Archaeological Museum, Warsaw
Archaeological Museum, Wroclaw
Archaeological Museum, Krakow
Archaeological Museum, Vilnius
Archaeological Museum, Minsk
Archaeologcial Museum, Kiev
State Heremitage, Petersburg
Archaeological Museum, Moscow
Archaeologcial Museum, Bucarest
Address: Lier, Buskerud Fylke, Norway
1961 October 9th. Born Ringsted, Central Zealand, Denmark.
Education:
1980 June. Graduated from highschool (Brønderslev Gymnasium).
1980 August - 1990 July. Studied archaeology at the University of Aarhus, with additional courses in philosophy of science, social anthropology, modern French philosophy, modern philosophy of science in theoretical physics.
1982 September - 1983 July guest student at University of Warsaw.
1991-September - 1992 June - Propedeutic Rusian Language course at University of Aarhus
1998 - June. PhD at University of Copenhagen for the work Local Development contra Foreign Influences.
Working Carreer:
1980-1990: Excavation assistent at numerous archaeological excavations in Denmark, Poland and the Faroe Islands.
1989-1996: Projecting and managing research excavations at Borremose
1990 July -1992 February research assistent at Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
1992 March - 1996 June Research Fellow at University of Copenhagen
1996 September - June 1999. Archaeologist, Executive officer at Riksantikvarieämbetet, The Swedish Heritage Management, Lund, Scania.
1999 July - Present - Researcher, later Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway.
Teaching experience:
1992-1996: teaching and examining at BA and Master level at University of Copenhagen
1997-1999: teaching at Open University (Folkeuniversitetet), Copenhagen
1999- 2006: teaching at BA and Master and examining level at Univerity of Oslo
Censoring at MA and PhD level at University of Tromsø and University of Aarhus
Guest lectures at:
University of Warsaw
University of Poznan
University of Gothenburg
University of Lund
University of Stockholm
Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm
Universtiy of Oslo
University of Tromsø
Peoples University of Telemark, Skien
University of Kiel
Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshafen
University of Groningen
and numerous local museums and private societies
Participant with contributions at several international and national archaeological conferences and meetings.
Research visits at the collections of
Vendsyssel historiske museum, Hjørring
Nordjyllands historiske museum, Aalborg
Vesthimmerlands museum, Aars,
Østhimmerlands museum, Hobro
Viborg stifts museum, Viborg
Kulturhistorisk museum, Randers
Djurslands museum, Grenå
Ebeltoft museum, Ebeltoft
Forhistorisk museum Moesgaard, Aarhus
Silkeborg museum, Silkeborg
Midtjyllands museum, Herning
Horsens museum, Horsens
Haderslev amts museum, Haderslev
Aabenraa museum, Aabenraa
Museet på Sønderborg slot, Sønderborg
Fyn Stiftsmuseum / Odense bys museer, Odense
Kalundborg museum, Kalundborg
Nationalmuseet, København
Dragør museum, Dragør
Bornholms museum, Rønne
Museet på Malmøhus, Malmö
Lunds historiska museum, Lund
Göteborg arkeologiska museum, Göteborg
Skaraborg länsmuseum, Skara
Statens historiska museum, Stockholm
Universitetets Oldsaksamling / Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo
Brekkemuseet, Skien
Arkeologisk museum, Stavanger
Historisk museum, Bergen
Vitenskapsmuseet, Trondheim
Archäologisches Landesmuseum für Schleswig-Holstein, Slesvig
Archäologisches Museum, hamburg
Museum Schwedenspeicher, Stade
Stadtmuseum, Cuxhaven
Museum at Burg Bederkesa, Bederkesa
Institut für historische Küstenforshung, Wilhelmshaven
Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen
Archaeological museum, Poznan
Institute of Archaeology, Poznan
National Museum, Szczecin
Archaeologcial Museum, Gdansk
Archaeological Museum, Torun
Archaeological Museum, Lodz
State Archaeological Museum, Warsaw
Archaeological Museum, Wroclaw
Archaeological Museum, Krakow
Archaeological Museum, Vilnius
Archaeological Museum, Minsk
Archaeologcial Museum, Kiev
State Heremitage, Petersburg
Archaeological Museum, Moscow
Archaeologcial Museum, Bucarest
Address: Lier, Buskerud Fylke, Norway
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Papers by Jes Martens
because very few of the hitherto published specimens were found in a context
or under circumstances that help to shed light on their chronology. The
most recently published study is a very brief paper by Jesper Laursen on the
chronology and typology of ball brooches (Laursen 1984). Laursen’s paper
was published at a time when hobby metal detecting was only at its early stages
in Denmark. Therefore, this hobby had not yet had its impact on the material.
Metal detecting favors objects with much metal and since cultivated soil contains
a lot of iron waste most hobby detectorists tend to screen for iron. Consequently,
objects of bronze, silver and gold will have a tendency to dominate
the finds brought in by these people, and especially massive objects. Thus, ball
brooches, especially the cast bronze specimens, would have a good chance to
be detected and collected. As the internet developed, some private sites were
established were the finders themselves published their finds. Recently the app
named DIME launched by University of Aarhus (in September 2018), and until
today (29.09.2021) 121.186 finds have been registered by private users in the
database. The newly available information, correlated with the previous ones,
offers the possibility of a preliminary study of the ball brooches, which we present
in this article.
varying paces in different regions of southern Scandinavia.
Until recently houses of the Pre-Roman Iron Age
were only known in a few regions, but during the latter
two decades this picture has changed radically. The
emerging picture is that of diversity, although some trails
and tendencies are seen everywhere. First of all, the period
appears to be one of settlement expansion. Furthermore,
social inequality seems to be expressed through architecture
already from the start of the period, although it becomes more accentuated towards the end of it. The regionality
in house architecture and structure of the settlements
at large is another important facet of the material culture,
which may prove to be important when interpreting
the meaning of cultural contacts and social organization
of the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
result is depending on a large number of samples. Furthermore, the interpretation is strongly dependant on an "intelligible" relation between the phosphate pattern and the observed archaeological structures on the mapped site. It is therefore a risk that the interpreter may fall victim to circular argumentation. If a result is only accepted when it is confirming already known or expected patterns, then indeed the scientific value of the method may be questioned. To avoid making it trivial, it is important to present and discuss even the results of mappings that appear to be "failures". In the present paper some unexpected results from excavations in Denmark and Scania are presented. These examples serve as a basis for a critical discussion of the potential and limitations of the method of phosphate mapping, and some strategies to avoid circular argumentation arc pointed out.
because very few of the hitherto published specimens were found in a context
or under circumstances that help to shed light on their chronology. The
most recently published study is a very brief paper by Jesper Laursen on the
chronology and typology of ball brooches (Laursen 1984). Laursen’s paper
was published at a time when hobby metal detecting was only at its early stages
in Denmark. Therefore, this hobby had not yet had its impact on the material.
Metal detecting favors objects with much metal and since cultivated soil contains
a lot of iron waste most hobby detectorists tend to screen for iron. Consequently,
objects of bronze, silver and gold will have a tendency to dominate
the finds brought in by these people, and especially massive objects. Thus, ball
brooches, especially the cast bronze specimens, would have a good chance to
be detected and collected. As the internet developed, some private sites were
established were the finders themselves published their finds. Recently the app
named DIME launched by University of Aarhus (in September 2018), and until
today (29.09.2021) 121.186 finds have been registered by private users in the
database. The newly available information, correlated with the previous ones,
offers the possibility of a preliminary study of the ball brooches, which we present
in this article.
varying paces in different regions of southern Scandinavia.
Until recently houses of the Pre-Roman Iron Age
were only known in a few regions, but during the latter
two decades this picture has changed radically. The
emerging picture is that of diversity, although some trails
and tendencies are seen everywhere. First of all, the period
appears to be one of settlement expansion. Furthermore,
social inequality seems to be expressed through architecture
already from the start of the period, although it becomes more accentuated towards the end of it. The regionality
in house architecture and structure of the settlements
at large is another important facet of the material culture,
which may prove to be important when interpreting
the meaning of cultural contacts and social organization
of the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
result is depending on a large number of samples. Furthermore, the interpretation is strongly dependant on an "intelligible" relation between the phosphate pattern and the observed archaeological structures on the mapped site. It is therefore a risk that the interpreter may fall victim to circular argumentation. If a result is only accepted when it is confirming already known or expected patterns, then indeed the scientific value of the method may be questioned. To avoid making it trivial, it is important to present and discuss even the results of mappings that appear to be "failures". In the present paper some unexpected results from excavations in Denmark and Scania are presented. These examples serve as a basis for a critical discussion of the potential and limitations of the method of phosphate mapping, and some strategies to avoid circular argumentation arc pointed out.
AIBABIN A. The Elements of Scandinavian Beast Style of the Brooches from Luchistoye
BITNER-WROBLEWSKA A. East European Enamelled Ornaments and the Character of Contacts between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea
DROBER/AR E. On Certain Amulet Pendants in the Shape of Miniature Pots, Occurring between the Black Sea Region (Pontus Euxinus) and Scandinavia
DUSHENKO A. The Finds of Composite Single-Sided Combs of Scandinavian Look in the Territory of Mangup
GAVRITUKHIN I. Cut Glass Beakers within the Con text of Studies in the Connections between the South of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia in the Late Period of Roman Influence and the Great Migration Periods
GUNDERSEN I. M. Aspects of Interregional Impulses: Germanic princely graves in the Early Roman period
ISTVANOVITS E., KULCSAR V. From the Crimea to Scandinavia via the Great Hungarian Plain: traces of Germanic-Sarmatian contacts on the basis of finds of spherical pendants and of other phenomena
KAZANSKI M. Kishpek, Ekazhevo and Varpelev: on the problem of Pontic-Scandinavian relations in the Late Roman period
KHRAPUNOV I. The Northern Barbarians in the Crimea: a history of the investigation
LEV ADAM. To Europe via the Crimea: on possible migration routes of the northern people in the Great Migration period
LUND HANSEN U. Contacts during the Third to Fifth Century AD between South Scandinavia and the Black Sea Illustrated by Late Roman Glass and Jewellery
M4CZYNSKA M., URBANIAK A., JAKUBCZYK I. The Early Mediaeval Cemetery of Almalyk-Dere ne ar the Foot of Mangup
MAGOMEDOV B. The Chernyakhov People's Contacts with Scandinavia and the Crimea
MARTENS /. Diadems? In search for the date, use and origin of the riveted neck-rings from Scandinavia
QUAST D. The Links between the Crimea and Scandinavia: same jewellery from the third century AD princely graves in an international context
SHABANOV S. Glass Beakers with Polished Ovals from the Late Roman Period in the Crimea
STYLEGAR F-A. Weapon graves in Roman and Migration period Norway (AD 1-550)
VASIL'YEV A. Druzhnoye and Thorsberg: same aspects of the study of belt sets from the Late Roman period
The paper is published digitally at: https://www.norark.no/innsikt/metallsoking-pa-sem-ovre-eiker/
Published at the web:
https://www.khm.uio.no/tema/fagomradene/arkeologi/ployejord-som-kontekst/
For the published report - please look under edited volumes.
To the report was added three additional papers by Ryszard Wolagiewicz, Påvel Nicklasson, and Per Ole Rindel.
https://www.khm.uio.no/tema/fagomradene/arkeologi/ployejord-som-kontekst/
In the Norwegian debate it is often argued with reference to the Malta convention that the best preservation for antiquities is in situ. But does this include the finds in the plough zone on regularly tilled land? The dangers threatening the objects and their inherent information values are listed and the Norwegian legislation and administrative praxis is discussed.
This session is part of the SIMB initiative ("Spheres of Interaction between the Mediterranean and the Baltic in the first millennium BC", https://a-simb.gitlab.io/home/).
Exploring inter-regional interactions in the first Millennium BC
in Europe
https://www.workshop-gshdl.uni-kiel.de/workshop-sessions/session-2017-06/
Session organizers: O. Nakoinz (corresponding chair), J. Kneisel, F. Faupel, S. Stoddart, J. Martens
Europe is presently and was in the past a continent with many interacting regions. While some
aspects, the relationship between Mediterranean and Hallstatt regions for example, have been
addressed many times, other inter-regional relationships have been neglected. Currently, we are not
able to draw a valid picture of the European system of interaction. Despite many international
collaborations, the trans-regional collaborative network has gaps and hence is partly responsible for
the problem.
This session aims to contribute to a solution of this problem by exploring:
• the current state of regional research between Baltic and Mediterranean with a special focus on
inter-regional relationships, relevant topics, data and theories,
• indicators of inter-regional relationships,
• European processes and inter-regional patterns and
• perspectives of further research on our topic.
This session is embedded in the initiative “Regional and trans-regional interaction between the
Baltic and the Mediterranean spheres in the first Millennium BC”, initiated from Oslo and Kiel in
2015. We intend to provide valid models of inter-regional interaction on a European scale based on
the sound comparison of regional research and evidence based indicators of interaction and
develop a new vision of Europe in the first Millennium BC which acknowledges the full range of
inter-regional relationships as driving factors of many processes.
https://www.academia.edu/36979485/Continuity_or_Rupture_Some_remarks_on_the_transition_from_the_Early_to_the_Late_Pre_Roman_Iron_Age_in_Northern_Central_Europe
https://www.academia.edu/36979485/Continuity_or_Rupture_Some_remarks_on_the_transition_from_the_Early_to_the_Late_Pre_Roman_Iron_Age_in_Northern_Central_Europe
https://www.academia.edu/10276829/Die_vorr%C3%B6mische_Eisenzeit_in_S%C3%BCdskandinavien_Probleme_und_Perspektiven
https://www.academia.edu/10975638/The_Neolithic_Revolution_in_Southern_Scandinavia
https://www.academia.edu/10382810/Borremose_reconsidered_the_date_and_development_of_a_fortified_settlement_from_the_Pre_Roman_Iron_Age