Sökning: "Viking Age"

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  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Runor som resurs : Vikingatida skriftkultur i Uppland och Södermanland

    Författare :Marco Bianchi; Henrik Williams; Anna-Malin Karlsson; Terje Spurkland; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; runes; runic inscriptions; rune-stones; Viking Age; rune-stone custom; rune-carver; runology; literacy; illiteracy; non-lexicality; visual semiotics; multimodality; sociosemiotics; written culture; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : The Viking Age rune-carvers and their readers used runes as a semiotic resource to convey and structure the messages on rune-stones. An analysis of the ways in which this resource is used together with other resources gives us a deeper insight into the relationship between writers and readers and into the written culture in which the rune-stones were produced. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Barshalder 2 : Studies of late Iron Age Gotland

    Författare :Martin Rundkvist; Ingmar Jansson; Siv Kristoffersen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Barshalder; Grötlingbo; Fide; Gotland; cemetery; graves; burial; Iron Age; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Vendel Period; Viking Period; landscape history; gender; typology; chronology; seriation; correspondence analysis; social stratification; status; religion; paganism; Christianity; Christianisation; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The prehistoric cemetery of Barshalder is located along the main road on the boundary between Grötlingbo and Fide parishes, near the southern end of the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The ceme-tery was used from c. AD 1-1100. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Perspectives from a human-centred archaeology : Iron Age people and society on Öland

    Författare :Helene Wilhelmson; begravning och social identitet Gravarkeologiska forskargruppen – Död; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Osteology; bioarchaeology; Iron Age; Scandinavia; 3D; digital; Image Based Modeling; GIS; isotopes; Oxygen; Strontium; Carbon; Nitrogen; trophic level effect; fractionation; chronology; network; Virtual Taphonomy; human-centred archaeology; mortographies; dietary shift; integration; immigration; diet; migration; violence; burial; Viking Age; Öland; island;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this study was to develop, test and evaluate a specifically defined interdisciplinary approach—the human-centred approach—as applied to a case study, Iron Age Öland. Four themes were selected to highlight different aspects of particular interest in Öland: taphonomy, diet, migration, and social organization. LÄS MER

  7. 10. 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