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- Gustin, Ingrid, et al.
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Birkaborna med föremål från finska fastlandet, vilka var de?
- 2012
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In: Birka nu. Pågående forskning om världsarvet Birka och Hovgården.. - 9789189176454 ; , s. 95-110
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article focuses on objects from mainland Finland retrieved in the graves of the Viking Age town Birka in the Mälalen valley, Sweden. The main questions posed in the article are what people were buried with these items and what can be concluded about their cultural identity. In the article the artefacts from mainland Finland are presented as well as their contexts. An examination of the find assemblages shows that the material culture in the graves had a heterogeneous origin. The graves in Birka with objects from the Finnish mainland can thus be said to display cultural hybridity.
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- Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte, 1971-
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She came from another place : on the burial of a young girl in Birka
- 2014
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In: Viking worlds. - Oxford : Oxbow Books. - 9781782977278 ; , s. 90-101
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In the mid-10th century a young girl of high social standing was buried in one of the more distinguished burial-grounds in Birka. She was placed in a coffin together with a few personal objects. Her dress was of high quality, as was the jewellery worn with it. The burial at first seems like nothing out of the ordinary. The different elements all occur at this period in time. But when deconstructing the grave it becomes more of an enigma. Though commonly called the “Birka girl”, this 5-year-old most likely did not come from Birka or the surrounding region at all, but from another place all together. What can modern research learn from the skeleton of a child from the 10th century and what do the results from one individual alone tell us about a place like Birka?
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- Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte, 1971-
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The Viking Age Paradox : Continuity and Discontinuity of Fortifications and Defence Works in Eastern Scandinavia
- 2013
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In: Landscapes of Defence in Early Medieval Europe. - Turnhout : Brepols. - 9782503529561 ; , s. 285-301
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Viking Age proves complex when viewed from a military historical perspective. There is inconsistency in the correlation between home and abroad and between literary sources and archaeological remains. The break in continuity from fortification traditions of earlier periods represents a chnage in the societal structure where individuals become landowners, and there is both the will and the strength to dominate territories. This essay focuses on the continuity and discontinuity of fortifications in eastern Scandinavia in an attempt to understand the paradox of the Viking Age landscape of defence.
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- Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte, 1971-
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Traces of Contacts : Magyar Material Culture in the Swedish Viking Age Context of Birka
- 2012
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In: Die Archäologie der Frühen Ungarn. - Mainz : Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums. - 9783884672051 ; , s. 29-46
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Excavations of martial structures of the Viking Age trading post of Birka have uncovered new evidence of contacts between Scandinavia and the early Magyar settlement territory. These new finds have led to a revision of the finds in the other contexts of Birka. Both graves and settlement layers show evidence of possible Magyar contacts. Why is it surprising to find objects of Magyar origin in the context of a Viking Age trading post? We know that Scandinavians were frequent travellers during Viking Age; and the cultures and people they came in contact with are reflected in the archaeological material in different ways. There are considerable differences between a casual or occasional contact in a limited situation on the one hand and the deep level of contact resulting from years of living together on the other hand. The transfer of immaterial culture from one group of people to another requires deeper and longer contacts than that of material culture. This paper deals with traces of contacts with the Magyar culture found in the context of the trading post of Birka in Central Sweden.
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