Essays about: "Kaupang"

Found 2 essays containing the word Kaupang.

1. 1. An Archaeology of the Invisible? Tracing Poverty and its Ideology in the Viking Age and Urban Settlements

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Andra Tudor; [2022]
   Keywords : poverty; subaltern; Viking Age; urban spaces; identity; social hierarchies; medieval; early medieval Scandinavia; housing; Kaupang; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Publications have recently drawn attention to archaeology’s historically predominant focus on prestige items and the elite, highlighting the need for a greater focus on society’s lower classes. A few studies have discussed how, or even whether poverty can be addressed in historical archaeology. READ MORE

3. 2. 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