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- Holm, Olof, 1973-
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Hyveljärn eller samisk skinnskrapa? Ett gåtfullt eggverktyg från järnåldern
- 2016
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Ingår i: Arkeologi i norr. - 0284-558X. ; 15, s. 63-89
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Plane Iron or Sámi Hide Scraper? A Puzzling Edge Tool from the Iron Age This article addresses the function, use and ethnic affiliation of small iron edge tools of type Rygh 416 (reproduced by O. Rygh in Norske Oldsager in 1885). These are known from many excavated graves and settlement sites especially in Mid-Scandinavia, mainly dating from the Migration and Merovingian Periods (fifth/sixth–eighth centuries AD), but also from at least two places further to the south: the centres for shipbuilding, trade and crafts at Lundeborg on Funen and Paviken on Gotland. The author rejects the possibility that this kind of tool was used as a hide scraper, with a transverse shaft of wood, as recently proposed. Several characteristics of the edge tools found, together with their find contexts, strongly conflict with this notion. Instead the author adheres to the traditional opinion that it is probably a matter of a North-European type of plane iron, although no complete plane with such an iron has been found so far. Possible applications may have been the manufacture of ships at places such as Lundeborg and Paviken, and skis and sledges in Mid-Scandinavia.Arguments are also put forward rejecting another conclusion drawn in recent research, namely that this kind of tool represents a specific Sámi material culture. The tool is in fact known from a number of disparate milieus. Thus, it is likely to have been used across ethnic barriers – in so far it is possible to speak about such barriers in Scandinavia during the period in question.
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- Knutsson, Kjell, 1951-, et al.
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The postglacial colonization of humans, fauna and plants in northern Sweden
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Ingår i: Arkeologi i Norr. - Umeå : Institutionen för idé och samhällsstudier vid Umeå Universitet. - 0284-558X. ; 13, s. 004618 461003-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a re-evaluation of the pioneer settlement of Scandinavia following the melting of the Weichselian ice sheet during the late Glacial/Preboreal. The preliminary results of the swedish part of an inter-Nordic research project are presented focussiong on analyses of previously only preliminary discussed assemblages from central Sweden. A preliminary comparative analysis showws that the material has resemblances to Middle Mesolithic blade assemblages from southern Norway and western Sweden and thus represents the first pioneers settling this area during the Preboreal and early Boreal.
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- Liedgren, Lars, et al.
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Medeltida gårdar i Böle by, Lövånger
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Ingår i: Arkeologi i Norr. - Umeå : Umeå universitet. - 0284-558X. ; 16, s. 135-159
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- A tax register (Gustav Vasa's jordebok), from 1543, shows that there were 148 tax units or farms in Lövånger parish at the time. This paper records excavations conducted in 2014 in one of the villages named Böle. Two farmsteads were partly excavated. One (Lövånger parish no. Raä 508) consisted of two house foundations and an ancient field with clearance cairns, and another (Lövånger parish no Raä 621) consisted of three house foundations, a cellar and clearance cairns.Radiocarbon datings show that the farmsteads were used during the 12th–15th centuries. A coin was found, a so called "klipping", which can be dated to the early reign of King Gustav Vasa, 1521–1523. Most of the artefacts found came from refuse deposits, containing large amounts of burned and unburned bone fragments. Nearly all of the identified bones (c. 97–98 %) came from domesticated animals, such as cattle, sheep and goat. Sources of the few identified bones from wild game included seal, hare, pike and perch.Areas covered by house foundations on the two sites varied from c. 20 - 50 m2. All foundations had cairns in one corner, marking fireplaces. The houses on the foundations were probably timber-framed, like most houses in the area during historical times. In and outside the houses, pieces of bricks and burned clay were found, showing that the farmers used bricks, at least to some extent in the fireplaces, as early as the 14th century.
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- Ramqvist, Per H, 1950-
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Geosocial diversitet under folkvandringstiden : Idéer utgående från Medelpad
- 2012
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Ingår i: Arkeologi i Norr. - Umeå : Umeå universitet. - 0284-558X. ; 13, s. 75-103
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The article discusses the way in which internal economic, social and religious structures and organisation during the Migration Period are reflected by archaeological remains in part of the county of Medepad, Central Norrland. The author shows that different parts of the landscape were centres for different functions within society. In four coastal valleys in close proximity in the northern part of Medelpad, each valley had its own societal profile. The Tunadal Valley may have had a judicial-religious orientation, while two of the neighbouring valleys, Ljusta and Västland, were totally different. The first exhibited a typical agrarian and the second a very aristocratic milieu. The valley of Västland contains several large mounds, including the largest in Central Norrland, and several continental imports including bronce vessels and glass objects. The northernmost valley, Timrå, had a clear military orientation.The author also discusses the different ways that the richer grave mounds are laid out. From the large, kingly mounds of Högom and the few others that have a diameter greater than 40 m, a wide spectrum of grave types is discussed, including those of hird-leaders, successful warriors and cult leaders.
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- Ramqvist, Per H, 1950-
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Grisfest i Fröland? : nya resultat angående hög 3 i Högom, Medelpad – samt något om hög 4
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Ingår i: Arkeologi i Norr. - Umeå. - 0284-558X. ; 15, s. 91--118
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Storhögskomplexet i Högom (raä nr 1 i Selånger sn, Medelpad), utgjorde en central plats under yngre romersk järnålder och folkvandringstid. Platsen har varit föremål för omfattande arkeologiska undersökningar under åren 1949-1984. Resultaten av grävningarna blev sensationella och den först undersökta storhögen, nr. 2 (fig. 1), innehöll en av Nordeuropas rikhaltigaste kammargravar från folkvandringstiden (Selling 1952; Janson & Selling 1955). Det skulle dock dröja nästan fyra decennier sedan grävningarna avslutades 1952, innan mer omfattande, såväl nationell och internationell, publicering kom till stånd (Ramqvist 1990, 1992; Nockert 1991). Fram till 1960 undersöktes ytterligare två av storhögarna nr. 4 och nr. 3, samt några av de mindre högarna på gravfältet. Mycket litet av detta blev publicerat.År 1984 inleddes ett internationellt samarbete kring publiceringen av det rikhaltiga materialet. Publicerings- och dokumentationsprojektet initierades prof. Evert Baudou och författaren, båda vid Umeå universitet, som genom ett fruktbart samarbete med prof. Michael Müller-Wille vid Christian-Albrechts Universität i Kiel och dåvarande riksantikvarien Margareta Biörnstad vid Riksantikvarieämbetet lyckades vi dokumentera och publicera hela Högommaterialet. Två större volymer av Margareta Nockert (1991) respektive författaren (Ramqvist 1992) har publicerats. Därtill en rad övriga publiceringar (bl. a. Ramqvist 1987a; b; 1988a; b; 1990; 1992; 1995a; b; 2000; 2014; Ramqvist & Müller-Wille 1988). Högom intar idag en central roll vid diskussionen om folkvandringstidens samhällen i Skandinavien och Nordeuropa och utgör en självklar del i läroböcker och uppslagsverk (t. ex. Ramqvist 2000; 2014). Mest ljus har av naturliga skäl fallit på den mycket innehållsrika kammargraven i hög 2, med det finns även helt unika företeelser i samband med hög 3 och 4. Föremålet för denna uppsats är främst bebyggelsespåren under hög 3, men det ska kort nämnas att även hög 4 bidrar på ett intressant sätt med nya iakttagelser.
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- Ramqvist, Per H, 1950-
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Hampnästoften : tradition eller förnyelse?
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Ingår i: Arkeologi i norr. - Umeå : Umeå universitet Inst för ide- och samhällsstudier. - 0284-558X. ; :11, s. 93-114
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The paper deals with the old find of the thwart from Hampnäs, Själevad parish in Northern Ångermanland. Through Jakob Eklund the find spot for the thwart could be located. The thwart has been radiocarbon dated to c. 200 BC and has its almost exact paralell in the famous Hjortspring ship from Denmark. During the excavation of the supposed place for the find, we can conclude that both the character of the soil, the depth of the clay layer and the dating of organic material there, confirm Jakob Eklund´s tip. Based on the height above the present sea level and the radiocarbon dating it can be concluded that when the ship, in which the thwart originally had been placed, were in action the sea level was c. 22 m over that of the present day. Since the find was made c. 11 m a. s. l. it means that the twart had sunk to the bottom of the sea which on this spot at that time was 11 m deep. Through an abnormal sedimenation the thoft was covered with first clay and silt and later with up to two meter sand sediments. Therefore it has been preserved. The last part of the aricle discusses how the thoft could appear in this northern district. Is it an heritage from the many depicted ships of the northern hunting groups or is it a result of the transition to a sedentary South Scandinavian life style during the Pre-Roman Iron Age? Both possibilities stays open until we find good examples of Neolithic and Bronze Age ships used by the northern hunting and fishing societies
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