Renée Enevold

• PhD
• Palynologist at Moesgaard Museum

The addition of non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) to pollen analytical studies has improved the interpretational frame, especially concerning the local regime in anthropogenically disturbed environments. Using advanced ordination techniques this paper explores the variation of NPP-assemblages and the indicative value of individual NPP-types by compari...

A two-stage change in lake level during the 8.2-ka event was identified in Lake Sarup, Denmark (55°N), using a multiproxy approach on precise radiocarbon wiggle-matched annually laminated sediments deposited 8740–8060 cal. yr BP. Changes in δ13C and δ18O indicated closed lake hydrology driven by precipitation. The isotopic, sedimentary and plant ma...

This article presents the methods employed and the results obtained in pollen studies of a prehistoric grave, identifying a fascinating and productive context for pollen analyses: prehistoric textiles. The methods involved direct sampling from the grave during excavation and various measures aimed at minimizing the risk of contamination, thereby ma...

The article presents a deposition of ornaments from the Late Nordic Bronze Age period V. An archaeological excavation along with non-pollen Palynomorph (NPP) and pollen ana-lysis has resulted in new knowledge about the poorly illuminated Bronze Age tradition of spring offerings. With a starting point in the find at Hedegyden this article aims to im...

Beeswax is a product of honeybees (Apis mellifera) and has been used extensively through time, especially as the primary component in medieval sealing wax for authenticating millions of documents. Today, these seals form large collections which, along with the historical information in the documents that the seals are attached to, could be a potent...

Recent investigations of an apparently ‘empty,’ partly disturbed Viking chamber grave in Denmark (Fregerslev II, dated around the mid-10th century CE) provided an opportunity to develop a novel multi-scale and multi-method analysis of burial and post-burial processes. To overcome the limitations of poor preservation of artefacts and bones, and the...

In 2012, a trial excavation at Fregerslev, east of Skanderborg, Denmark, revealed an equestrian burial from the late Viking Age. In 2017, the grave was fully excavated as part of a research project. Since the grave is located on an elevated plateau of Late Glacial loamy tills, resulting in poor preservation of organic material, the grave appeared m...

The last meal of Tollund Man, a bog body from Early Iron Age Denmark, has been reexamined using new analyses of plant macrofossils, pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, steroid markers and proteins found in his gut. Some 12-24 hours before he was killed, he ate a porridge containing barley, pale persicaria and flax, and probably some fish. Proteins and...

Introduction: This contribution presents the archaeobotanical and palynological analyses related to the elite Viking Age horse burial at Fregerslev II, in which a person presumably was buried together with a horse, as indicated by the remains of a luxuriously ornamented horse harness and bridle, a large animal tooth and a quiver with arrows. The gr...

We introduce an ongoing project that explores a solution for long-term preservation of proxies in archaeological and geological sediment cores to secure unique palaeoenvironmental data. To prevent alterations of organic properties and/or fungal growth on the sample surfaces, the sediment cores are vacuum freeze-dried allowing longterm storage at 55...

The authors introduce an ongoing project that explores a solution for the long-term preservation of proxies in archaeological and geological sediment cores to protect unique palaeoenvironmental data. To prevent alterations of organic properties and/or fungal growth, the sediment cores are vacuum freeze-dried, allowing long-term storage at 55 per ce...

Manuring has often been associated with the emergence of permanent field systems, but manuring practices and intensities are rarely investigated in detail. Previous analyses of phosphorus from Danish Celtic fields show that manuring was carried out at most sites, but due to methodological issues and representativity biases, these results have been...

Vacuum freeze-drying of sediment cores: an optimised method for preserving archaeostratigraphic archives - Volume 93 Issue 370 - Renée Enevold, Paul Flintoft, Anna K.E. Tjellden, Søren M. Kristiansen

The Plinian eruption of Laacher See Volcano deposited a widespread phonolitic tephra bed across much of Europe. Its wide dispersal and distinct geochemical signature make the Laacher See Tephra (LST) an important isochrone for the Allerød interstadial/GI-1, especially for connecting the tephrochronological records of Central Europe with the North A...

Analysis of unknown material from a block lifted from the northern side of the equestrian burial at Fregerslev in 2015 showed the presence of phytoliths, i.e. microscopic, mineralized plant remains of opaline silica formed within and between cells. Preliminary analysis allowed to identify which plant part the remains represented and also to make a...

The c. 12,900 BP Plinian eruption of Laacher See Volcano, Germany, deposited a widespread phonolitic tephra bed across much of Europe. Its wide dispersal makes the Laacher See Tephra (LST) an important isochrone for the Allerød interstadial that connects the tephrochronological records of Central Europe with the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean...