Essays about: "stone monuments"

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  1. 1. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
    Keywords : The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

    Abstract : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Gotlandic Picture Stone Tradition Reconsidered : An analysis and reclassification of the so-called kerbstones

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Cherie Jeanette Larkin; [2023]
    Keywords : Gotland; picture stones; kerbstones; grave settings; edge chains; ritual space; 3D models; Gotland; bildstenar; kantstenar; gravsättningar; kantkedjor; rituellt utrymme; 3D-modeller;

    Abstract : In 1941/42, Sune Lindqvist published his seminal work on the Gotlandic picture stones (Gotlands Bildsteine I & II) in which he included a category of stones that he interpreted as kerbstones. However, Lindqvist’s kerbstones have not received further examination or contextualization to determine the validity of his categorization. READ MORE

  4. 3. The megaliths of Bohuslän in a south Scandinavian context

    University essay from

    Author : Roger Cederberg; [2022-11-15]
    Keywords : Neolithic; Southern Scandinavia; Dolmen; Passage grave; C14; Bohuslän;

    Abstract : The transformation from a hunter/gatherer population to a farming society in southern Scandinavia is a process of only 300-400 years, primarily from around 4000 BC to around 3700 BC. Farming is then established in most of southern Scandinavia. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Tripartite Ideology : Interactions between threefold symbology, treuddar and the elite in Iron Age Scandinavia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Austin Main; [2020]
    Keywords : treudd; tripartite; odal; ancestral worship; liminality; Iron Age; Old Norse religion;

    Abstract : Amongst the Iron Age Scandinavian elite, there are several supra-regional and multifaceted tripartite (or threefold) symbolic expressions. These include expressions found in art, artefacts and monuments, such as the triangular stone-settings, or Sw. treuddar, which may be the strongest manifestation in the landscape. READ MORE

  6. 5. Religious Identities in Viking Age Britain: Pagan Imagery in a Colonial Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Margaret Lucille Muth; [2020]
    Keywords : archaeology; colonial identity; iconography; imagery; Norse mythology; preChristian religions; religion; stone monuments; Viking Age Britain; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. READ MORE