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1. 1. Elevated Crafts: Textile Production at Fortified Hilltop Settlements from the Migration Period

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Lisa Widegren Lundin; [2016]
   Keywords : Iron Age; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Hillforts; Fortified Hilltop Settlements; Textile Production; Craft; Specialisation; Textile Implements; Spindle Whorls; Loom Weights; Central Places; Boberget; Börsås kulle; Darsgärde; Gullborg; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the textile implements, notably the loom weights and spindle whorls, found at fortified hilltop settlements - a specific type of hillfort in Sweden. The sites included in the study are Boberget (Östergötland), Gullborg (Östergötland), Darsgärde (Uppland) and Börsås kulle (Bohuslän). READ MORE

3. 2. Hidden possibilities : Possible uses of hillforts in southern Gwynedd, north-west Wales

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

   Author : Karolina Saxerbo Sjöberg; [2014]
   Keywords : Hillfort; GIS; hillfort uses; north-western Wales; possibilities; landscape context; isolation; accessibility; architecture; archaeological context;

   Abstract : Only one of the hillforts of southern Gwynedd has been submitted to a small excavation, and the forts in this study are quite forgotten in the larger British hillfort research. This thesis explores the forts’ possible uses through an analysis of their landscape setting, accessibility and view, architecture, internal features and archaeological setting. READ MORE