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- Ahlin Sundman, Elin, et al.
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Medieval Masculinities and Violence : Weapon-Related Trauma in Skeletal Assemblages from Two Religious Houses in Iceland and Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 23:4, s. 567-584
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous research has shown that physical violence had a normative presence in medieval Nordic societies. In this study, weapon-related trauma (WRT) was examined in human skeletal assemblages from two religious houses, Skriouklaustur in Iceland, and Vasteras in Sweden. The aims were to identify patterns of WRT and to relate these to the masculinities of different groups of men. Violence was a prominent component of identity among lay men, especially for men with warrior experience. The use of violence was more problematic among clerics. The hypothesis that these notions of ideal masculine behaviour would affect the ways in which masculinities were enacted and would be reflected in the patterns of WRT was borne out by the results of this study. No WRT was identified among the canons and lay brothers in Skriouklaustur, but it was present in about thirty per cent of the males interpreted as belonging to the lay elite buried in the northern part of the church at Vasteras.
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- Alfsdotter, Clara, 1988-, et al.
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The Sandby Borg Massacre : Interpersonal Violence and the Demography of the Dead
- 2019
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 22:2, s. 210-231
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During excavations of the Iron Age ringfort of Sandby borg (ad 400-550), the remains of twenty-six unburied bodies were encountered inside and outside the buildings. The skeletons and the archaeological record indicate that after the individuals had died the ringfort was deserted. An osteological investigation and trauma analysis were conducted according to standard anthropological protocols. The osteological analysis identified only men, but individuals of all ages were represented. Eight individuals (31 per cent) showed evidence of perimortem trauma that was sharp, blunt, and penetrating, consistent with interpersonal violence. The location of the bodies and the trauma pattern appear to indicate a massacre rather than a battle. The 'efficient trauma' distribution (i.e. minimal but effective violence), the fact that the bodies were not manipulated, combined with the archaeological context, suggest that the perpetrators were numerous and that the assault was carried out effectively. The contemporary sociopolitical situation was seemingly turbulent and the suggested motive behind the massacre was to gain power and control.
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- Back Danielsson, Ing-Marie, 1964-
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More Theory for Mortuary Research of the Viking World
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - London : Routledge. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 19:3, s. 519-531
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This themed journal issue provides many examples of ways forward in the study of death and memory in the Viking world. While all contributions demonstrate that there are exciting new ways to study remains from funerary contexts that focus on different forms of citation involving material culture and monuments, this article will very briefly discuss dimensions that have not been addressed here. Specifically, it showcases how the mortuary citations approach can also use post-humanist theory for further development and exploration of mortuary practices in the Viking world. Although short, this article discusses rune stones, particularly rune stones with kuml inscriptions, which I have examined elsewhere.The term kuml appears on contemporary rune stones; it refers to different material entities such as rune stones, mounds/cairns, and other standing stones. The being and becoming of kuml is briefly discussed through the concepts of intra-action and agential cuts championed by Karen Barad.
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- Campanaro, Danilo Marco
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Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) and Archaeology: Old Tool, New Model.
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 24:3, s. 412-432
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The last decades have seen a renewed interest in the study of argumentation in archaeology, particularly in response to the overproduction of weak and unreliable interpretations and explanations. Concurrently, recent appeals for scientific transparency and efficiency in the management of archaeological information in digital form have stressed the necessity of explicitly showing the processes followed. A growing body of literature has identified inference to the best explanation (IBE) as the most adequate way of interpreting archaeological data, although it has quietly existed for over a century. Despite this, the investigation of IBE-based models for recording archaeological reasoning remains a largely under-researched topic. The author concludes with a novel IBE-based model for recording archaeological argumentation.
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- Colomer, Laia, 1967-
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Stones, Books and Flags : Born and the Role of Archaeological Heritage Management under the Barcelona Model
- 2019
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 22:1, s. 111-130
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since the 1980s, Barcelona's local institutions have been pioneers in creating a close relationship between culture, urban regeneration, and the social and economic development of the city, and subsequently in implementing a new paradigm in cultural policy for entrepreneurial, cultural, and creative cities. As a consequence, the city has also become a model for place branding and cultural tourism. In this context, Born, an archaeological site of the early eighteenth century which offers detailed testimony to both the cultural and economic lifestyle of the city at that time and the defeat of the Catalans during the War of the Spanish Succession, has been preserved and opened to the public in line with the city's varying cultural policies and attitudes to national identity over the last two decades. This article discusses Born from 2000 to 2017 and the political and cultural management context in relation to the Barcelona model that has defined its current form as a cultural centre. In this context, this article also discusses the role of archaeology in Barcelona's cultural governance, as a case study through which to consider the role of urban archaeological heritage management today.
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- Deter-Wolf, Aaron, et al.
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Chalcolithic Tattooing: Historical and Experimental Evaluation of the Tyrolean Iceman's Body Markings
- 2024
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Ingår i: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Tyrolean ice mummy known as otzi presents some of the earliest direct evidence of tattooing in the human past. Despite decades of study, it remains unclear how the Iceman's tattoos were created and what tools and methods were used. Popular discussions of the Iceman describe his tattoos as having been made by incision, first cutting the skin and then rubbing in pigment from the surface. The authors review the scholarly literature on the Iceman's tattoos and summarize ethnographic, historic, and anthropological research on global patterns of tattooing to contextualize the Iceman's marks within pre-electric tattooing traditions. The results of recent experimental tattooing studies are then compared to the physical signature of the Iceman's marks to evaluate existing claims and provide informed hypotheses as to how those tattoos were created. Le corps de l'homme conserve par le glacier de l'otztal, surnomme otzi, presente parmi les plus anciennes preuves de tatouage dans l'histoire de l'humanite. Cependant, malgre des decennies de recherches, la methode de tatouage et les instruments utilises pour tatouer otzi restent incertains. On presume que ces tatouages avaient ete incises, donc produit par une entaille dans laquelle on frottait ensuite un pigment. Les auteurs de cet article passent en revue les publications sur le tatouage de l'homme des glaces et font le point sur les etudes ethnographiques, historiques et anthropologiques concernant le tatouage a l'echelle mondiale dans le but de contextualiser les marques decouvertes sur otzi avant l'avenement du tatouage electrique. Ils comparent les resultats obtenus par experimentation aux traces relevees sur les tatouages anciens afin d'evaluer les theories en vigueur et de formuler des hypotheses valables sur la realisation du tatouage de l'homme des glaces. Translation by Madeleine Hummler Die im Tirol entdeckte Gletschermumie, auch ,,Mann im Eis" oder ,,otzi" genannt, gehort zu den altesten Beweisen der Tatowierungskunst der Menschheit. Trotz jahrzehntelange Untersuchungen bleiben die Verfahren und die Gerate, die bei der Tatowierungen von otzi benutzt wurden, weitgehend unbekannt. Man hat angenommen, dass seine Tatowierungen eingeschnitten wurden, also dass die Haut zuerst geschnitten wurde und dann ein Pigment eingerieben wurde. Die Verfasser besprechen die wissenschaftlichenVeroffentlichungen, die otzis Tatowierungen betreffen, und fassen die Ergebnisse von ethnografischen, historischen und anthropologischen Studien uber globale Tendenzen in der Tatowierungskunst zusammen, um die Markierungen auf dem Korper der Mumie im Rahmen der vor-elektrischen Tatowierungstraditionen zu kontextualisieren. Sie vergleichen die Ergebnisse von neuen experimentalen Studien mit den erhaltenen Tatowierungen, bewerten bestehende Aussagen und formulieren informierte Hypothesen uber die Erzeugung der Tatowierungen der Gletschermumie. Translation by Madeleine Hummler
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- Diaz-Guardamino, Marta, 3, et al.
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Book reviews (Editor of section)
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 23:1-4
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- Earle, Timothy K., et al.
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The Political Economy and Metal Trade in Bronze Age Europe: Understanding Regional Variability in Terms of Comparative Advantages and Articulations
- 2015
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 18:4, s. 633-657
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the second millennium cal BC, a new metal conquered Europe: the alloy of copper and tin that improved the quality of tools and weapons. This development, we argue, initiated a framework for a new political economy. We explore how a political economy approach may help understand the European Bronze Age by focussing on regional comparative advantages in long-distance trade and resulting bottlenecks in commodity flows. Links existed in commodity chains, where obligated labour and ownership of resources helped mobilize surpluses, thus creating potential for social segments to control the production and flows of critical goods. The political economy of Bronze Age Europe would thus represent a transformation in how would-be leaders mobilized resources to support their political ends. The long-distance trade in metals and other commodities created a shift from local group ownership towards increasingly individual strategies to obtain wealth from macro-regional trade. We construct our argument to make sense of available data, but recognize that our model's primary purpose is to structure future research to test the model. Au cours du 2e millénaire av. J.-C. un nouveau métal conquérait l'Europe: l'alliage du cuivre et de l’étain, qui améliorait la qualité des outils et des armes. Nous soutenons ici que ce développement instaurait un cadre pour une nouvelle économie politique et nous examinons comment une approche fondée sur l’économie politique peut nous permettre de mieux comprendre l’Âge du Bronze européen, en mettant l'accent sur les avantages comparatifs régionaux lors des échanges à longue distance et sur les goulets d’étranglement des flux de marchandises qui en résultent. Il existait des liens dans les filières des produits de base, où le travail forcé et la possession des ressources aidaient à réaliser des excédents, permettant ainsi à des segments de la société de contrôler la production et les flux de produits essentiels. L’économie politique de l'Europe pendant l’Âge du Bronze décrirait donc un changement dans la manière avec laquelle des leaders potentiels mobilisaient des ressources pour soutenir leurs fins politiques. Les échanges à longue distance de métaux et autres marchandises ont déclenché un changement allant de la propriété collective locale vers des stratégies de plus en plus individuelles afin de produire de la richesse à partir du commerce macro-régional. Avec nos arguments nous cherchons à interpréter les données disponibles, mais nous admettons que le principal objectif de notre modèle est de structurer la recherche future afin de pouvoir le mettre à l’épreuve. Translation by Isabelle Gerges Im zweiten Jahrtausend v. Chr. trat ein neues Metall seinen Siegeszug durch Europa an: die Legierung von Kupfer und Zinn, die die Qualität von Werkzeugen und Waffen verbesserte. Diese Entwicklung, so vermuten wir, stieß die Entwicklung eines Netzwerkes für eine neue politische Ökonomie an. Wir untersuchen, wie der Ansatz der politischen Ökonomie dabei helfen kann, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung regionaler vergleichender Nutzeffekte beim Fernhandel und daraus resultierender Engpässe bei Warenströmen die europäische Bronzezeit zu verstehen. Es existierten Verbindungen bei den Güterketten, bei denen Arbeitsverpflichtungen und Eigentum an den Ressourcen dabei halfen, Überschuss zu erwirtschaften – und dadurch ein Potential für soziale Segmentierung schufen, das die Kontrolle der Produktion und Verteilung von wesentlichen Gütern gewährleistete. Die politische Ökonomie der europäischen Bronzezeit spiegelt demnach einen Übergang wider, bei dem die angehenden Oberhäupter Ressourcen mobilisierten, um ihre politischen Ziele zu unterstützen. Der Fernhandel von Metallen und anderen Waren ermöglichte einen Sprung vom lokalen Gruppenbesitz hin zu vermehrt individuellen Strategien, um aus dem makroregionalen Handel Reichtum zu erzielen. Wir entwickeln unsere Beweisführung, um bereits vorhandene Daten deuten zu können, sind uns jedoch bewusst, dass das vorrangige Ziel unseres Modells die Struktur zukünftiger Forschung ist, um seine Gültigkeit zu testen.Translation by Heiner Schwarzberg
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- Fallgren, Jan-Henrik, et al.
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The Ritual Use of Brooches in Early Medieval Forts on Öland, SwedenL'usage rituel des fibules dans les enceintes fortifiées de l’île d’Öland en Suède au haut moyen âgeDer rituelle Gebrauch von Fibeln in den frühmittelalterlichen Befestigungen auf der schwedischen Insel Öland
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 19:4, s. 681-703
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2010, the largest find of exquisite gilded silver brooches ever made in Scandinavia came to light during a metal detector survey in a small fort on oland in the Baltic Sea. It consisted of five hoards buried in five different houses within the fort. The brooches were of the Dreiknopfbugelfibeln/radiate-headed and relief types. Three of the hoards also contained large quantities of beads and pendants, some quite exclusive and rare. In addition, the upper part of another relief brooch probably belonged to a sixth hoard ploughed up in the late nineteenth century. In 2011, Kalmar County Museum excavations at the site of these hoard finds also revealed the traces of a massacre. Though a connection between the deposition of the hoards and the massacre is plausible, several elements suggest that the deposits are ritual in character and unrelated to the attack on the fort. The regular placing of the hoards in the right corner inside the entrance of the houses suggests ritual acts, and the composition of the hoards demonstrates that the deposits are symbolic. We conclude that the hoards and the brooches are props belonging to the interior of the forts and to activities conducted inside them; they may have been worn by some women during rituals. Why these hoards were left in the Sandby fort is, however, no doubt related to its destruction.
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- Frieman, Catherine J., et al.
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Aging well: Treherne’s ‘warrior’s beauty’ two decades later
- 2017
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 20:1, s. 36-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Over the (slightly more than) two decades that the European Journal of Archaeology (formerly the Journal of European Archaeology) has been in print, we have published a number of excellent and high profile articles. Among these, Paul Treherne's seminal meditation on Bronze Age male identity and warriorhood stands out as both the highest cited and the most regularly downloaded paper in our archive. Speaking informally with friends and colleagues who work on Bronze Age topics as diverse as ceramics, metalwork, landscape phenomenology, and settlement structure, I found that this paper holds a special place in their hearts. Certainly, it is a staple of seminar reading lists and, in my experience at least, is prone to provoke heated discussions among students on topics as far ranging as gender identity in the past and present, theoretically informed methods for material culture studies, and the validity of using Classical texts for understanding prehistoric worlds. Moreover, in its themes of violence, embodiment, materiality, and the fluidity or ephemeral nature of gendered identities, it remains a crucial foundational text for major debates raging in European prehistoric archaeology in the present day.
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- Goldhahn, Joakim, 1966-
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Review of Blaze O'Connor, Gabriel Cooney and John Chapman, eds, (Prehistoric Society Research Paper 3, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2009, 191pp., 93 b/w illustr., 8 colour plates, hbk, ISBN 978-1-84217-377-0)
- 2011
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 14:1-2, s. 251-253
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- Hanscam, Emily, Dr.
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Cornelius Holtorf, Andreas Pantazatos and Geoffrey Scarre, eds. Cultural Heritage, Ethics, and Contemporary Migrations : (London: Routledge, 2019, xii and 256pp., 23 figs, pbk, ISBN 978-1138788220)
- 2019
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 22:2, s. 293-297
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- Hanscam, Emily, Dr.
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Hannah Cobb and Karina Croucher. Assembling Archaeology: Teaching, Practice, and Research : (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020, xi and 214pp., 10 figs, hbk, ISBN 9780198784258)
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 24:2, s. 287-291
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- Hanscam, Emily, Dr.
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Lynn Meskell. A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace : (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, xxiii and 372pp., 20 figs, hbk, ISBN 978-0190648343)
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 23:1, s. 152-154
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- Hennius, Andreas
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Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 23:4, s. 530-546
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- Among the most prominent prehistoric features in the boreal forests of northern Sweden are trapping pits or pitfalls used for hunting elk and/or reindeer. Even if often ascribed to the Viking Age and its trade in furs and other animal products, the chronology of these features has long been a matter of debate. In this article, a database of 370 dated radiocarbon samples from excavated pitfalls has been compiled and analysed using Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) modelling to create the most elaborate chronology of Swedish trapping pit systems so far. The analysis shows that the most intensive period of construction of trapping pits was in the centuries before the Viking period. This challenges previous interpretations of Viking Age resource exploitation but is in line with several other recently published studies concerned with resource exploitation, non-agrarian production, and trade connecting northern Scandinavia with inter-regional trade networks.
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- Hennius, Andreas, et al.
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Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 21:4, s. 612-631
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Discussions of pre-Viking trade and production have for many decades focused on products made of precious metals, glass and, to some degree, iron. This is hardly surprising considering the difficulties in finding and provenancing products made of organic matter. In this article we examine gaming pieces made from bone and antler, which are not unusual in Scandinavian burials in the Vendel and Vikingperiod (c. AD 550–1050). A special emphasis is placed on whalebone pieces that appear to dominate after around AD 550, signalling a large-scale production and exploitation of North Atlantic whale products.In combination with other goods such as bear furs, birds of prey, and an increased iron and tar production, whalebone products are part of an intensified large-scale outland exploitation and indicate strong, pre-urban trading routes across Scandinavia and Europe some 200 years before the Viking period and well before the age of the emporia.
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- Holtorf, Cornelius
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The Past is Now : An interview with Anders Högberg
- 2008
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 11:1, s. 7-22
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- Anders Högberg is a Swedish archaeologist whose research offers an original perspective on prehistoric flint technology but he has also been directing some innovative projects in archaeological teaching and learning. In this interview I am exploring some of the ideas that have been guiding his work in both realms. Although part of the interview is about work conducted in the past, equal weight is given to new opportunities and developments that affect the future of archaeology. Anders Högberg's ideas cannot be said to be typical or representative for any larger community, but he is operating in very specific historic circumstances that are shared to a greater or lesser extent by many other archaeologists living and working today. This interview documents the particular views on material culture, public archaeology, and the field of archaeology more generally that were held by one European archaeologist in 2008.
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- Horn, Christian, 1978, et al.
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Transforming the Rocks - Time and Rock Art in Bohuslän, Sweden
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 21:3, s. 361-384
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- Human representations are one of the most important groups of depictions in rock art in southern Scandinavia. These humans have long been discussed as complete, stable, and temporally-fixed images. The results of a new survey challenge this view. Recording rock art with Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) enabled us to discern a possible sequence of production of individual human representations, their bodily features, and associated objects. Figures from a rock art site in Finntorp (Tanum, Sweden) will be used as an example. Differences in the dimensions of the engraved lines, the chronology of the depicted objects, and the placement of body parts suggest that several individuals may have been involved in making human representations on the rocks, and that their appearance as complete figures is the result of repeated transformations. The results presented demonstrate that Scandinavian rock art is not stable in time. We suggest that rock art is best understood as the creation of communities over time, which enables them to engage with the past by transforming the rocks.
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- Horn, Christian, 1978
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Warriors as a Challenge: Violence, Rock Art, and the Preservation of Social Cohesion During the Nordic Bronze Age
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 26:1, s. 57-80
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the Bronze Age, warriors are probably the best-known social class. Evidence for warfare and other violent encounters links them to aggression and bloodshed that could be translated into social status. This made warriors a potential two-fold threat to the social cohesion of their communities: not only did they risk threatening the integrity of communities as agents of death but also they could challenge local authority and cause internal conflict. Here, the author presents evidence that suggests that internal conflict was a major concern for Nordic Bronze Age societies, in that warriors constituted an internal social challenge, and proposes that local communities may have mitigated this threat in rituals such as the sacrifice of weapons and the construction of social narratives through rock art.
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- Högberg, Anders, 1968-
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Childhood in the Past
- 2010
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : European association of archaeologyists. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 13:1, s. 119-120
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- Kajda, Kornelia, et al.
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Archaeology, Heritage, and Social Value: Public Perspectives on European Archaeology
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 21:1, s. 96-117
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- This article presents the key results of a major survey carried out by the NEARCH project on the public perception of archaeology and heritage across Europe. The analysis focuses on three main points of significance for contemporary archaeological practice. The first is the image of archaeology and its definition in the perception of the general public. The second concerns the values that archaeology represents for the public. The third focuses on the social expectations placed on archaeologists and archaeology. The NEARCH survey clearly indicates that there is a significant public expectation by Europeans that archaeology should work comprehensively across a broad range of areas, and that cultural heritage management in general needs to engage more with different archaeological and heritage groups.
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- Kjellström, Anna, 1970-
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Spatial and Temporal Trends in New Cases of Men with Modified Teeth from Sweden (AD 750 to 1100)
- 2014
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 17:1, s. 45-59
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Vikings with artificially modified teeth have previously been documented in the south-eastern parts ofScandinavia and in England. In a project dealing with life in the Mälaren Valley in Sweden duringthe period AD 750–1100, new cases of people with modified maxillary teeth were observed. Thehypothesis that the practice was entirely associated with adult men dating to the Viking Age was tested.The new cases demonstrate that the habit extended to eastern-central Sweden, including the proto-townof Birka, perhaps as early as in the middle of the eighth century. Additionally, cases from Sigtuna showthat the practice may have ended as late as the beginning of the twelfth century. A microanalysis, usinga scanning electron microscope, showed the heterogeneous character of the modifications. The affectedindividuals were all adult men, similar to previously published cases. Some of the men are associatedwith weapons and violent acts and the cases from Sigtuna were all from cemeteries with a possibleassociation with lower social strata. However, discrepancies in archaeological contexts and in the charac-teristics of the modifications suggest temporal and spatial variation in the social meaning of themodifications.
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- Klejn, L., et al.
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Discussion: Are the Origins of Indo-European Languages Explained by the Migration of the Yamnaya Culture to the West?
- 2018
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 21:1, s. 3-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two co-authored articles in Nature (Haak et al., 2015; Allentoft et al., 2015) caused a sensation. They revealed genetically the mass migration of steppe Yamnaya culture people in the Early Bronze Age to central and northern Europe. The authors considered this event as the basis of the spread of Indo-European languages. In response, the Russian archaeologist, Leo S. Klejn, expresses critical remarks on the genetic inference, and in particular its implications for the problem of the origins of Indo-European languages. These remarks were shown to the authors and they present their objections. Klejn, however, has come to the conclusion that the authors’ objections do not assuage his doubts. He analyses these objections in a further response.
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- Klevnäs, Alison
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‘Imbued with the Essence of the Owner’ : Personhood and Possessions in the Reopening and Reworking of Viking-Age Burials
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 19:3, s. 456-476
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines the wide range of grave disturbance practices seen in Viking-age burials across Scandinavia. It argues that the much-debated reopenings at high-profile sites, notably the Norwegian royal' mounds, should be seen against a background of widespread and varied evidence for burial reworking in Scandinavia throughout the first-millennium ad and into the Middle Ages. Interventions into Viking-age graves are interpreted as disruptive, intended to derail practices of memory-creation set in motion by funerary displays and monuments. However, the reopening and reworking of burials were also mnemonic citations in their own right, using a recurrent set of practices to make heroic, mythological, and genealogical allusions. The retrieval of portable artefacts was a key element in this repertoire, and in this article I use archaeological and written sources to explore the particular concepts of ownership which enabled certain possessions to work as material citations appropriating attributes of dead persons for living claimants.
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- Lindholm, Karl-Johan, 1970-, et al.
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The Bear in the Grave : Exploitation of Top Predator and Herbivore Resources in First Millennium Sweden—First Trends from a Long-Term Research Project
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 19:1, s. 3-27
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- This paper focusses on animal remains associated with archaeological contexts dated to the middle and later phases of the Scandinavian Iron Age, which corresponds to the first millennium AD. The main question to be addressed is whether this record can be used for identifying human impact on certain animal populations for modelling faunal exploitation and interregional trade. In the first part of the paper, we undertake a detailed inventory of animal finds recorded in published excavation reports, research catalogues, and in existing databases maintained primarily by the Historical Museum in Stockholm. We compare the chronological pattern identified in the burial assemblages with a chronological sequence retrieved from pitfall hunting systems located in the Scandinavian inland region. The chronologies of the animal finds from burials and the pitfall systems are then compared with dated pollen-analytical sequences retrieved in the inland region and additional archaeological assemblages, such as graves and hoards of Roman coins. In our discussion, we outline an interregional model of faunal exploitation between ad 300 and 1200, including the possible location of hunting grounds and end-distribution areas for animal products. The paper provides deeper insights into the burial record of the middle Iron Age, arguing for the need for broader interregional approaches, and focussed archaeological research in the inland regions of Scandinavia.
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- Lund, J., et al.
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Divergent Ways of Relating to the Past in the Viking Age
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 19:3, s. 415-438
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- The flexibility of material culture encourages material phenomena to take a dynamic part in social life. An example of this is material citation, which can provide society with links to both the past and connections to contemporary features. In this article, we look at the diverging ways of relating to and reinventing the past in the Viking Age, exploring citations to ancient monuments in the landscape of Gammel Lejre on Zealand, Denmark. Complementing the placement of landscape monuments, attention is also brought to examples of mortuary citations related to bodily practices in Viking-age mortuary dramas, such as those visible at the mound of Skopintull on the island of Adelso in Lake Malaren, Sweden. Through these case studies, we explore the variability in citational strategies found across tenth-century Scandinavia. La flexibilite de la culture materielle encourage les phenomenes materiels a jouer un role dynamique dans la vie sociale. La citation materielle en est un exemple: elle permet a la societe de tisser des liens avec le passe et de creer des rapports avec le monde qui lui est contemporain. Dans cet article nous examinons les diverses manieres de relier et de reinventer le passe a l'epoque viking en explorant les references a d'anciens monuments etablis dans la campagne autour de Gammel Leyre sur l'ile de Seeland au Danemark. En plus de la situation des monuments dans le paysage, nous attirons l'attention sur des exemples de citations dans le domaine funeraire ; ces dernieres se rapportent aux pratiques relatives au traitement des corps dans les rituels funeraires de l'epoque viking, documentees par exemple dans le tumulus de Skopintull sur l'ile d'Adelso au centre du Lac Malar en Suede. A travers ces etudes de cas nous explorons les diverses strategies referentielles employees au Xe siecle apr. J.-C. en Scandinavie. Translation by Madeleine HummlerDie Anpassungsfahigkeit der materiellen Kultur gibt den materiellen Erscheinungsformen die Moglichkeit, eine dynamische Funktion im Sozialleben zu spielen. Die materiellen Zitate, die der Gesellschaft die Gelegenheit geben, Verbindungen mit der Vergangenheit und mit ihrer eigenen Gegenwart aufzubauen, ist ein Beispiel solch einer Rolle. In diesem Artikel werden die in der Wikingerzeit unterschiedlichen Arten, mit der Vergangenheit einen Zusammenhang zu bilden und neu zu definieren untersucht; die Weisen, wie die Denkmaler in der Landschaft von Gammel Lejre auf Seeland in Danemark zitiert wurden, dienen hier als Beispiel. In Erganzung zu der Lage der Landschaftsdenkmaler wird auf Falle hingewiesen, wo Brauche, die mit der Behandlung von Leichen bei wikingerzeitlichen Bestattungsvorgangen verbunden sind, zitiert werden; solche Sitten sind im Grabhugel von Skopintull auf der Insel Adelso im Malarsee in Schweden erkennbar. Diese Fallstudien ermoglichen es, die Veranderlichkeit der verschiedenen Zitierungsweisen im zehnten Jahrhundert in Skandinavien zu untersuchen. Translation by Madeleine Hummler
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- Macane, Aija, 1985, et al.
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More Than Just Zvejnieki: An Overview of Latvian Stone Age Burials
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 24:3, s. 299-323
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- The well-known Zvejnieki cemetery, with 330 burials, is one of the largest hunter-gatherer cemeteries in northern Europe, overshadowing the more than 115 other Stone Age burials from over ten sites in Latvia. This article is a first overview of these other burials, summarizing their research history, characteristics, and assemblages. The authors discuss the problematic chronology of Latvian Stone Age burials and place them in a wider regional context. Most of the burials are hunter-gatherer burials, and a few are Corded Ware graves. This overview broadens our understanding of Latvian Stone Age burials and brings to light the diversity of hunter-fisher-gatherer mortuary practices in the eastern Baltic region.
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- Nichols, Christopher
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Three Dogs from the Late Iron Age Boat Grave Cemetery at Gamla Uppsala Prästgården, Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 27:1, s. 67-84
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Excavations at the vicarage yard (prastgarden) at the famous Late Iron Age magnate centre of Gamla Uppsala, Sweden, have yielded six Viking Age (c. ad 750-1100) boat burials, several containing the remains of domestic dogs. The present study is an osteological examination of the remains of three of these dogs, one each from three boat graves, with a primary goal of morphological reconstruction and a secondary focus on identifying sex, age, and pathology. Two dogs were large, slender sight hounds, while the third was somewhat smaller and of indeterminate type. The preference for sight hounds in high-status graves is consistent with previous results from the contemporaneous nearby boat cemeteries of Vendel and Valsgarde, adding weight to the hypothesis of a shared funerary culture between these sites in the Late Iron Age.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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Review of Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer. Repatriation and Erasing the Past (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2020, xii and 265pp., 24 figs, 5 tables, hbk, ISBN 9781683401575, pdf ISBN 9781683401858)
- 2021
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 24:4, s. 575-578
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- Repatriation and reburial of human remains is a practice that has been debated within American archaeology and biological anthropology more generally for decades. With the passing of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in 1990, a shift toward pro- ductive problem solving and negotiation has gradually replaced the more heated tone that dominated the exchanges in the early years. Since 1990, repatriation has fundamentally affected archaeological and museum practices in the United States, and most would argue, for the better. But it remains a compromise with unresolved issues for many stakeholders. One could expect that decades after NAGPRA was signed into law, repatriation would have reached a stage of maturity that allows us to move the debate forward by critically examining aspects of it, while at the same time learning from experiences and acknowledging its crucial role in building sustainable relationships and democratizing archaeology and museum practices. With similar concrete actions to decolonise heri- tage in other fields on the rise, most notably with repatriation and return of human remains and artefacts from museums to communities worldwide, but also in activist movements to remove con- federate (in the USA), and colonialist monuments, including the Rhodes Must Fall movement in South Africa and the toppling and removal of the Statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, it would seem that archaeology (for once) could play the role as a precursor in social movements and decolonisation. However, with the publica- tion of the book Repatriation and Erasing the Past by Elizabeth Weiss (a professor of anthropology) and James W. Springer(a retired attorney and anthropologist), it appears that we might be facing a backlash rather than a progressive way forward.
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- Nilsson Stutz, Liv, 1972-
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The Many Archaeologies of Ritual : [Review of] Anna Lucia d’Agata and Aleydis Van de Moortel, eds, Archaeologies of Cult. Essays on Ritual and Cult in Crete in honor of Geraldine C. Gesell. (Hesperia supplement 42, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2009, 354 pp., 146 illus., pbk, ISBN 978 0 87661 542 3) and Evangelos Kyriakides, ed., The Archaeology of Ritual (Cotsen Advanced Seminars 3, Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 2007, 331 pp., illustr., pbk, ISBN 978 1 931745 47 5)
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 13:3, s. 389-392
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- Nimura, Courtney, et al.
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Navigating Inland : Bronze Age Watercraft and the Lakes of Southern Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 23:2, s. 186-206
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The rock art of southern Scandinavia is characterized by depictions of watercraft. The majority are close to the coast, and they have been the primary focus of research. Less attention has been paid to similar representations associated with two large inland lakes in southern Sweden. In this article we present the results of fieldwork around Lake Vänern and Lake Vättern and consider the relationship of this rock art to the better-known images on the coast. We explore the practicalities of navigating between the sea and the interior and suggest that there was an important contrast between an early eastern sphere extending to Lake Vättern from the Baltic and a later western sphere connecting Lake Vänern with the Atlantic.
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- Papoli-Yazdi, Leila, et al.
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Wreckage Installation : Towards an Archaeology of Southern Sweden's Heterotopias
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Journal of Archaeology. - : Cambridge University Press. - 1461-9571 .- 1741-2722. ; 26:2, s. 189-208
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During a survey on the island of oland in south-eastern Sweden, whose aim was to study the local waste-disposal practices, the authors recorded abandoned machinery and cars dating from the 1940s to today in locations close to residential areas and farms, and complemented the investigation by interviewing informants. This led them to conclude that dumping redundant objects in the surroundings of villages forms an entangled network with other behaviour, i.e. collecting things which had outlived their usefulness and embedding them in the landscape. The behaviour observed in oland is compared with two other cases of collecting abandoned objects in oland and southern Sweden. Using the location and chronology of the finds, the authors interpret the behaviour by borrowing the concept of heterotopia, as defined by Foucault.
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