Essays about: "Vikingatid"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Vikingatid.

  1. 1. Audhumbla and Heidrun beyond gods and mead : Species selection for production of leather in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Stella Carlson; [2023]
    Keywords : Leather; tanning; ZooMS; Vendel Period; Viking Age; Iron Age; craft; Valsgärde; Läder; garvning; ZooMS; Vendeltid; Vikingatid; järnålder; hantverk; Valsgärde;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. Hanging by a thread : A metaphorical analysis of Viking Age tapestries

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

    Author : Simone Liw de Bernardi; [2023]
    Keywords : Viking Age; conceptual metaphor; metaphorical approach; textiles; tapestries; Oseberg; Vestfold; Rolvsøy; Østfold; Överhogdal; Jämtland; ship burial; chamber grave; Viking Age art; Old Norse mythology; Vikingatid; konseptuell metafor; textil; Oseberg; Rolvsøy; Överhogdal; båtgrav; krammargrav; vikingatida konst; fornnordisk mytologi;

    Abstract : Viking Age tapestries are rare, with only a few examples known. Previous interpretations of figurative depictions from the Viking Age have mainly focused on what mythical or legendary gods and heroes these images might depict. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Lives of the People from Banken 1. : A study based on muscular development and other activity markers.

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

    Author : Pamela Carrasco Gamboa; [2019]
    Keywords : Musculoskeletal anatomy; occupational stress markers; osteology; physiotherapy; Middle Ages; Viking Age;

    Abstract : Tre skelett från en kyrkogård daterad till Gotlands sen-vikingatid till tidig medeltid har analyserats avseende aktivitetsspår. Metoden som användes innebar observation av muskelutvecklingen tillsammans med förändringar i entesiterna som är fästen för muskler och ligament. READ MORE

  5. 4. How Beads come Together : Late Iron Age glass beads as past possessions and present sources

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Moa Råhlander; [2017]
    Keywords : Bead; beads; glass; viking; Iron Age; beadmaking; making; craft; pearl; Råhlander; Moa; Lovö; Kent; production; collection; pärlor; vikingatid; glas; glaspärlor; pärla; Råhlander; Moa; pärltillverkning; produktion; tillverkning; Lovö; kent;

    Abstract : This study aims to demonstrate the potential for understanding first millennium glass beads not as individual representatives of types, but as collections of objects brought together and curated by owners. It uses the author’s experience as a skilled bead maker to investigate processes of bead production and mechanics of bead collection current in Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England in the period of 6th to 9th century AD. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Scandinavian settlement at Grobiņa : the connections between the settlement, the local population and Gotland

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Daniel Gunnarsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Grobiņa; Couronians; Gotland; Baltic Sea; Circular disc brooches; Latvia; trade centres; Vendel Age; Grobin; Kurland; Gotland; Lettland; Östersjön; dosformade spännen; handelsplatser; vendeltid;

    Abstract : In the town of Grobiņa in Latvia several cemeteries with grave goods and burial traditions that could be linked to Gotland have been excavated, as well as cemeteries of local type. The town itself has been interpreted as the site of a Vendel age settlement, possibly beginning around 650 AD. READ MORE