Essays about: "weapon graves"

Found 2 essays containing the words weapon graves.

1. 1. Blood and Magic : A microstudy of associations between Viking Age women and their weapons.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

   Author : Alicia Halvardsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Viking Age; women; weapon graves; warriors; vǫlva; magic; combat; Nordre Kjølen; Bj-581; Gerdrup; Kaupang; Aunvoll;

   Abstract : This thesis discusses what associations Viking Age women and weapons had according to extant sources and how they can present in the grave material. In order to achieve this, literary sources, iconographic representations, and grave material are studied and compared in order to reach a deeper understanding of these associations and what they look like in the archaeology. READ MORE

3. 2. Concerning Mass Graves : The use, development and identities within mass graves during the Scandinavian Iron age and Middle ages.

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

   Author : Mattias Frisk; [2015]
   Keywords : Iron Age; Middle age; mass grave; beowulf; social identity; warfare; violence; weapon deposition; Järnålder; Medeltid; Massgrav; Beowulf; våld; sociala identiteter; krigföring; vapendeponi;

   Abstract : This master thesis deals with the subject of mass graves as a result of war and violence; how, where and why they are created, what they represent and how they are used throughout the Scandinavian Iron Age and Middle Ages. To analyze and discuss these questions, I have used nine case studies as well as several literary sources such as Beowulf, Tacitus and Jordanes. READ MORE