Essays about: "Vendel Period"

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  1. 11. To Make Iron of Iron : A Comprehensive Analytical Study of Spade Shaped Iron Bars

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Nickolas T. Pappas Adlerburg; [2017]
    Keywords : Archaeological Science; Scandinavian Iron Age; Nordic Iron Age; Spade Shaped Iron Bars; Norrland; Iron Bars; Archaeometallurgy; XRF; SEM EDS; Metallography; Vendel Era; Migration Period; Roman Iron Age; Nickel; Cobalt; Limonite; Iron Ores; Helgö; Uppland; Gästrikland; Medelpad; Hälsingland; Jämtland; Laborativ arkeologi; Nordisk järnålder; Spadformiga ämnesjärn; Norrland; Ämnesjärn; Arkeometallurgi; XRF; SEM EDS; Metallografi; Vendeltid; Folkvandringstid; Romersk Järnålder; Helgö; Nickel; Cobalt; Myrmalm; Bergmalm; Uppland; Gästrikland; Medelpad; Hälsingland; Jämtland;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 12. 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/Arkeologi

    Author : Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
    Keywords : archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

    Abstract : 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