@article{Kristensen_2021, title={Grænser i landskabet - Sten- og jorddiger}, volume={2020}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/arkaeologi_i_Slesvig/article/view/128605}, abstractNote={<p>The stone and earth banks belong to<br>a category<br>of archaeological evidence,<br>which can contribute to our understanding<br>of the cultural landscape. Often,<br>however, they do not receive the<br>attention they deserve. They are spread<br>across the agricultural landscape like a<br>fine mesh and may provide information<br>about agricultural systems, administrative<br>borders, and previous land ownership.<br>Most of the stone and earth banks<br>were erected during the reorganisation<br>of<br>the villages’ lands towards the end of the<br>18th century but may also be older.<br>Museum<br>Sønderjylland has worked with the<br>stone and earth banks for many years to<br>preserve this category of evidence – increasingly<br>so, they are in danger of disappearing<br>completely due to modern intensive<br>agricultural cultivation methods.<br>Studies in five areas of eastern Denmark<br>have shown that 70 % of the banks shown<br>on maps from 1884 had disappeared in<br>1981 (Bang 2009, 6). In this way, important<br>pieces have been lost to the understanding<br>of the cultural landscape. The<br>purpose of this article is to draw attention<br>to the fact that the still preserved<br>banks in many cases are the last and only<br>visible evidence of abandoned farms, villages<br>and older field and cultivation systems.<br>The purpose is also to investigate<br>the extent to which the banks appearing<br>on historical maps can be found in the<br>archaeological excavations.</p>}, number={18}, journal={Arkæologi i Slesvig-Archäologie in Schleswig}, author={Kristensen, Tenna R.}, year={2021}, month={sep.}, pages={11–24} }