Essays about: "ancient fortifications"

Found 1 essay containing the words ancient fortifications.

  1. 1. An Homage to the Ancestors : A study of the secondary use of ancient fortifications as burial grounds during the Late Iron Age on Gotland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Lauren Bokor; [2019]
    Keywords : ancient fortifications; hill-forts; ring-forts; Iron Age; ancestral worship; memory; landscape; Fornborgar; höjdborgar; ringborgar; järnålder; förfädersdyrkan; minne; landskap;

    Abstract : Fortifications are a common type of ancient monument found throughout Scandinavia, and while the functions of forts are studied and debated quite heavily, the re-use of these structures is less known. On Gotland, there exist 84 ancient fortifications, of which approximately one-third have burials or registered graves within or in close proximity to their locations. READ MORE