Sökning: "Birka"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Birka.

  1. 1. The Birka Warrior : the material culture of a martial society

    Författare :Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson; Lena Holmquist Olausson; Heinrich Härke; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Birka; martial society; warrior; material culture; distribution patterns; cultural expression; Rus’; Viking Age; Early Middle Age; iconography; style; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : This is a study of martial material culture in the context of the Viking Age warrior of Birka, Sweden. The aim is to establish the role, function and affiliation of the Birka warrior and thereby place Birka on the power-political map of the 10th century. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Aspects on Birka : investigations and surveys 1976-1989

    Författare :Lena Holmquist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Birka;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  4. 3. Animal husbandry in the Viking Age town of Birka and its hinterland : excavations in the black earth 1990-95

    Författare :Bengt Wigh; Anne Karin Hufthammer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; animal husbandry; domestication; Viking Age; Birka; cattle; pig; sheep; horse; dog; cat; fur trade; Boskapsskötsel; Kreaturshandel; Uppland; Birka; vikingatiden; Osteologi; historisk osteologi; Historical Osteology;

    Sammanfattning : The Birka Excavations 1990-95 provided a unique opportunity to excavate a Swedish Viking Age town stratigraphically, allowing the finds - including extensive and well-preserved faunal remains - to be dated accurately. This in turn has given the opportunity to study the nature and development of Viking Age animal husbandry in a new, closer perspective. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Klädd Krigare : Skifte i skandinaviskt dräktskick kring år 1000

    Författare :Annika Larsson; Anne-Sofie Gräslund; Svante Norr; Lise Bender Jorgenssen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Archaeology; warrior; viking age; armour; rigsthula; bayeux tapestry; birka; coin; sigtuna; runic; baptism; rus; khazar; metal wire; textile; christianisation; silk road; canute the great; mercenaries; trade route; dresscode; virtuous woman; kingship; frisian cloth; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : Using textiles as clues, it is shown that, like in the rest of Scandinavia, there is a legible societal shift in favour of a new Christian organization as early as around year 1000 even in the central parts of what is now Sweden, including the, according to Adam of Bremen, “pagan” Mälar valley. During a period of at least a hundred and fifty years, the Mälar valley with Birka in the centre had enjoyed eastern trade, which is reflected in the rich finds of oriental textile fragments in the Birka graves. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Common Thread, Textile Production during the Late Iron Age and Viking Age

    Författare :Eva Andersson; Arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Haithabu; Birka; Scania; Viking Age; Late Iron Age; household production; textile valuables; sail cloth; bone needle; loom weight; textile production; spindle whorl; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The initial aim of the present PhD thesis was to develop the method of classification for textile tools to facilitate the study of textile production in an archaeological context. The thesis consists of five separate projects and a concluding summary. The study covers the late Iron Age, mainly the Viking Period. LÄS MER