Essays about: "Vendel Age"
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6. Animals in burial contexts : an investigation of Norse rituals and human-animal relationships during the Vendel Period and Viking Age in Uppland, Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : The deposition of animals in graves was an essential aspect of burial practice in Scandinavia during the Vendel Period and Viking Age (550–1050 AD). While this rite occurs in many different regions, it is most clearly observed in the boat-graves from the famous cemeteries in Swedish Uppland, such as Vendel and Valsgärde, as well as in a number of high-status cremation graves. READ MORE
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7. Hounds of Hel: an osteological investigation of dog skeletons in Vendel Period–Viking Age inhumations at Valsgärde cemetery, Sweden.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : The cemetery of Valsgärde, Sweden contains 92 human graves dating from the 3rdc. BCE to the 11thc. CE, the majority and most elaborate of which date to the Vendel and Viking Ages (approximately 500-1100 CE). This total consists of 15 unburnt boat graves, 15 inhumation and chamber graves, and 62 cremations. READ MORE
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8. To Make Iron of Iron : A Comprehensive Analytical Study of Spade Shaped Iron Bars
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratorietAbstract : This thesis aims to provide adequate analytical information on the spade shaped iron bars of Norrland and central Sweden. While their significance has been thoroughly debated for decades, analytical research on them has been confined to cases of single artefacts or theoretical interpretations of their value, meaning and origin. READ MORE
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9. To Make Iron of Iron : A Comprehensive Analytical Study of Spade Shaped Iron Bars
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratorietAbstract : This thesis aims to provide adequate analytical information on the spade shaped iron bars of Norrland and central Sweden. While their significance has been thoroughly debated for decades, analytical research on them has been confined to cases of single artefacts or theoretical interpretations of their value, meaning and origin. READ MORE
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10. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö
University essay from Stockholms universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. READ MORE