This article is a detailed critical review of all the major scholarly publications in the rapidly
expanding field of the Justinianic Plague published from 2000 through 2018. It updates the …

Abstract Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome, written for a popular audience, uses the
environment to explain the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The book asserts that …

In historical times, plague epidemics intermittently ravaged Europe for more than 1,400
years, and still represent a threat in many countries all over the world. A debate is ongoing …

This is the last of a three‐part review of Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome. Here, we scrutinize
Harper's treatment of the Justinianic Plague, demonstrating how he crafts a convincing …

While season-of-death estimation using cementochronology is routine in archaeozoology,
its use is much less frequent in bioarchaeology. Based on the character of the outermost …

The middle of the first millennium AD in Sweden witnessed significant changes in the
archaeological record, prompting various discussions about the underlying causes. This …

This chapter's discussion of rulers and polities in 1st-millennium Scandinavia is based on
evidence on the upper echelon of 'central places', those that may arguably be regarded as …

Objectives Justinian plague and its subsequent outbreaks were major events influencing
Early Medieval Europe. One of the affected communities was the population of Saint …

CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL LITERATURE dealing with mass graves and multiple
burials in early medieval Europe does not apply a consistent definition of either term. Such …

When Bo Gräslund (2008) argued that two years without summer in the late 530s was the
reality behind the Fimbulwinter myth, it became acceptable once again to blame the climate …