Essays about: "Vendel Age"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Vendel Age.
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1. Audhumbla and Heidrun beyond gods and mead : Species selection for production of leather in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Leather has been one of the most common crafting materials in human history. With its incredible versatility it has been used for clothes, shelter, books, armour, containers, decoration, and everything in between. READ MORE
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2. Leather in Late Iron Age Scandinavia : From elk-traps to cheese-glue
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Leather is a material that throughout history has been very important for humankind. Up until recently is has often however, together with other organic materials, not been given the attention it might deserve. READ MORE
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3. The Dispersal of Gold : Material and Figural Traits of the Gold Foil Figures from Västra Vång
University essay from Södertörns högskola/ArkeologiAbstract : Gold Foil Figures or guldgubbar (henceforth GFFs) are precious metal artefacts from the Scandinavian Late Iron Age. This master's essay offers a new approach to GFFs. READ MORE
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4. A hall fit for a king : An anthracological analysis of the great hall at Gamla Uppsala
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : This thesis analyses the carbonised remains of the great hall building in Gamla (old) Uppsala, Sweden, which burnt down sometime between 7th to 8th century AD. It is easily assumed that the people of Gamla Uppsala, who lived in one of the most important central places in Iron Age Scandinavia, had both the economy and power to build a most spectacular hall. READ MORE
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5. The Woman Behind It All. Searching for Social Roles of Women in Late Iron Age Central Blekinge
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historiaAbstract : With the aim of widening the picture of a Late Iron Age warrior society in central Blekinge by studying the social role of its women, female cremation burials have been identified and their material studied. Artefacts and their combinations have been interpreted and their suggested meanings compared with contemporary iconography as well as with Anglo-Saxon and Norse literary sources. READ MORE