Essays about: "Grobin"

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  1. 1. The Scandinavian settlement at Grobiņa : the connections between the settlement, the local population and Gotland

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Daniel Gunnarsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Grobiņa; Couronians; Gotland; Baltic Sea; Circular disc brooches; Latvia; trade centres; Vendel Age; Grobin; Kurland; Gotland; Lettland; Östersjön; dosformade spännen; handelsplatser; vendeltid;

    Abstract : In the town of Grobiņa in Latvia several cemeteries with grave goods and burial traditions that could be linked to Gotland have been excavated, as well as cemeteries of local type. The town itself has been interpreted as the site of a Vendel age settlement, possibly beginning around 650 AD. READ MORE