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1. 1. The Viking Way : Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

   Författare :Neil Price; Martin Carver; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Viking Age; Vikings; Óðinn; seiðr; sorcery; shamanism; warfare; Norse religion; Norse mythology; Sámi; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : The social role of magic is a prevalent theme of the medieval Icelandic sagas that claim to describe life several centuries earlier in the Viking Age, and indeed also saturates the Eddic poetry that is our primary source for the mythology and cosmology of the time. However, little archaeological or historical research has been done to explore what this aspect of ritual may really have meant to the men and women of late Iron Age Scandinavia. LÄS MER

3. 2. Gräddat : Brödkultur under järnåldern i östra Mälardalen

   Författare :Liselotte Bergström; Gustaf Trotzig; Neil Price; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Carbonised bread; food culture; Mälar Valley; Helgö; Birka; morphology; cell-structure analysis; reconstructive examination; gender; Roman Iron Age; Migration period; Vendel period; Viking Age; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the carbonised bread findings from sites and cremation graves dated to the first millennium AD occurring in the eastern Mälar Valley region. The finds have been analysed by various methods including cell-structure analysis, chemical analysis, experimental and reconstructive examination, 14C-dating and statistical comparison. LÄS MER

4. 3. Outlanders? : Resource colonisation, raw material exploitation and networks in Middle Iron Age Sweden

   Författare :Andreas Hennius; Neil Price; Karl-Johan Lindholm; James Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; outlands; non-agrarian production; resource exploitation; Scandinavia; Iron Age archaeology; pre-viking age; Vendel period; Viking Age; tar production; pitfall hunting; whaling; seasonal production sites; Inmark; Utmark; järnålder; arkeologi; ickeagrar produktion; resursexploatering; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : The Middle Iron Age, around 300–650 CE, was characterised by extensive transformations across many aspects of society in the area of present-day Sweden. Within the central agricultural regions of the southern parts of the country, these changes are evident in a re-organisation of the settlements, renewed burial practices, the building of large-scale monuments, as well as increased militarisation, social stratification and an increase in imported objects. LÄS MER

5. 4. People in Between : Ethncity and Material Identity, a New Approach to Deconstructed Concepts

   Författare :Charlotta Hillerdal; Frands Herschend; Johan Rönnby; Neil Price; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnicity; materiality; cultural identity; cultural practice; Viking Age; Varangians; Russia; Métis; Canada; colonialism; post-colonial; Romantic philosophy; indigenous; Ruhnu; Estonia; authenticity; national identity; Viking Age towns; Scandinavia; town formation; discontinuity; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

   Sammanfattning : In questions concerning ethnicity and cultural identity in prehistory, there is a great divide between the conclusions maintained on a theoretical level of discussion and the interpretations given to material remains, when these theories are practiced on the archaeological material. Inherited scientific and political structures, usage and ideas contribute to our understanding of ethnicity and the everyday use of the concept, and influence archaeological interpretations. LÄS MER

7. 5. Den medeltida stadens dynamik : – urbanitet, sociala praktiker och materiell kultur i Uppsala 1100–1550

   Författare :Joakim Kjellberg; Neil Price; John Ljungkvist; Göran Tagesson; Gitte Hansen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Urbanisation; Urbanism; Urbanity; Social Practice; Identity; Material culture studies; Medieval archaeology; Urban archaeology; Historical archaeology; Urbanisering; Urbanism; Urbanitet; Social praktik; Identitet; Föremålstudier; Medeltidsarkeologi; Stadsarkeologi; Historisk arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen utforskar arkeologiska källor till sociala praktiker och materiell kultur i det medeltida Uppsala. Ett stort antal föremål som insamlats vid tio av stadens större undersökningar mellan 1975 och 2000 har bearbetats i avhandlingen. LÄS MER