Description |
280 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Riksantikvarieambetet Arkeologiska undersokningar skrifter, 1102-187X ; 65 |
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Skrifter (Sweden. Riksantikvarieambetet. Arkeologiska undersokningar) ; no 65.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Dealing with Scandinavian burial ritual--an introduction -- The burial-ground at Borgeby: point of departure for a tentative neolithic travel itinerary / Janis Runcis -- With Thor on our side: the symbolism of the Thor hammer-ring in Viking Age burial ritual / Gunnar Andersson -- Pyre sites before our eyes / Caroline Arcini -- House symbolism in aristocratic death rituals of the Bronze Age / Fredrik Svanberg -- Hills of the ancestors: death, forging and sacrifice on two Swedish burial sites / Lisa K. Larsson -- The grave as concept and phenomenon: reflections on the relation between archaeological terminology and interpretation / Anders Kaliff -- Where are the dead?: empty graves from early Iron Age Uppland / Kajsa Haringe Frisberg -- Sailing towards the afterlife: analysis of a ship-formed burial monument at Hellero by the Baltic Sea / Berit Sigvallius -- A symbolic farewell to nature: fencing at late Viking Age burial-grounds / Tore Artelius & Anna Kristensson -- The attractive force: gallery-graves in the landscape / Ewa Ryberg -- The dead in the hills: reflections on the cult of the dead in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of Uppland / Hakan Aspeborg -- Wealthy women and absent men: gender in early Iron Age burial-grounds in Ostergotland / Petra Nordin -- Human bones in the Bronze Age of Uppland / Thomas Eriksson -- The revenant by the lake: spear symbolism in Scandinavian late Viking Age burial ritual / Tore Artelius. |
Subject |
Bronze age -- Scandinavia.
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Iron age -- Scandinavia.
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Burial -- Scandinavia -- History.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Scandinavia -- History.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Scandinavia.
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Scandinavia -- Antiquities.
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Added Author |
Artelius, Tore, 1954-
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Svanberg, Fredrik, 1972-
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ISBN |
9172093854 |
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9789172093850 |
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