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- Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig, 1976-, et al.
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Hos trälar och stormän : Arkeologisk undersökning i Gamla Skogsby september och oktober 2020
- 2021
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report presents the results from an archaeological excavation in 2020 of an Iron Age house foundation at Gamla Skogsby, Öland, Sweden. The investigated area is rich in prehistoric remains, not least from the mid-Iron Age and the Migration Period which is the period of concern here (c. AD 400–550). The excavation follows that which was initiated at the site in 2019 (Papmehl-Dufay 2020). The house investigated is part of a large farm, just next to an exceptionally large building usually regarded as a cheiftains hall. The finds from the excavation are numerous, including a large animal bone assemblage as well as unusually large amounts of household pottery. As was the case during the excavation in 2019, the bulk of the finds are of ”household” character with an emphasis on preparation of food. The results of the osteological analysis reveal an unusually large proportion of pig bones, which was an important source of meat in connection to Iron Age feasting. Several deposits of animal bones were found suggesting elaborate ritual activities at the site, including the offering of several sheep in connection to the building of the house as well as the offering of a horse in connection to its abandonment. The pottery assemblage includes a large number of vessels of which unusually large portions are preserved, allowing for a detailed analysis of vessel shapes in the Migration Period.The results reinforces the idea of Gamla Skogsby as a major farm in the area in the Migration period, potentially relevant in discussion on the social and cultural context of the Sandby borg massacre that ocurred on eastern land in the same period.
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- Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig, 1976-
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Fortsättning följer : Arkeologisk undersökning i Gamla Skogsby september och oktober 2022
- 2023
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna rapport presenterar resultaten från Linnéuniversitetets arkeologiska Papmehl-Dufay (red.)undersökningar i Gamla Skogsby på västra Öland, som genomfördes i septemberoch oktober 2022. Deltog gjorde studenter från kurserna Arkeologi III ochAvancerad fältarkeologi samt arkeologen Sandra Lundholm från Kalmar länsmuseum. Ansvarig för undersökningen var universitetslektor Ludvig PapmehlDufay från Linnéuniversitetet. Resultaten ger nya inblickar i platsens forntidahemligheter, både rörande det hus från folkvandringstiden som undersöktssedan 2019 och andra delar av fornlämningsområdet.
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- Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig, 1976-
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Heritage value from below. : A local community perspective on conservation, preservation and authenticity in SE Sweden
- 2020
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Ingår i: Cadernos do Lepaarq. - Brazil : Institute of Human Sciences at the Federal University of Pelotas/RS. - 1806-9118 .- 2316-8412. ; XVII:34, s. 58-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper discusses how archaeological heritage can function as a focus of community identity in a rural setting, and what happens when an original monument is replaced by a copy. The case study presented deals with a visually striking ancient monument on the island of Öland, SE Sweden, that was accidentally broken in 2014 and later reconstructed. This case thus touches upon concepts such as authenticity, age value and aura of ancient objects and monuments, but also community engagement in local heritage and the ability of archaeology in adding value to existing sites and monuments. It is concluded that a dissonance often exists between the official assessment of heritage value, and values appreciated by the local community. In the latter, social value can be seen as connected to the concept of pastness, where a range of factors both material and immaterial combine to render a monument or a site its perceived significance.
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- Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig, 1976-
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I hövdingens kök? : Arkeologisk undersökning i Gamla Skogsby oktober 2019
- 2020
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report presents the results from an archaeological excavation of an Iron Age house foundation at Gamla Skogsby, Öland, Sweden. The investigated area is rich in prehistoric remains, not least from the mid-Iron Age which is the period of concern here (c. AD 400–550). The house investigated is part of a large farm, just next to an exceptionally large building usually regarded as a cheiftains hall. The finds and observations from the excavation suggest that the house concerned is not a small square building as was previously suggested, but is in fact a long house with finds of ”household” character and some emphasis on preparation of food. An elaborate fireplace construction involving a large limstone slab and two heavy posts possibly supporting a roasting spit was found, together with large amounts of carbonised organic remains possibly consisting of animal fats.
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- Papmehl-Dufay, Ludvig, 1976-
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Under storkökets golv : Arkeologisk undersökning i Gamla Skogsby september och oktomber 2021
- 2022
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report presents the results from an archaeological excavation in 2021 of an Iron Age house foundation at Gamla Skogsby, Öland, Sweden. The investigated area is rich in prehistoric remains, not least from the mid-Iron Age and the Migration Period which is the period of concern here (c. AD 400–550). The excavation was a direct continuation of the one conducted in the previous year, and concerns the same trench as that opened in 2020 (Papmehl-Dufay 2021). The house investigated is part of a large farm, just next to an exceptionally large building usually regarded as a cheiftains hall. The excavations in 2019 and 2020 resulted in a wealth of finds of animal bones, pottery and other categories, indicating that the house has been used among other things for preparation of large quantities of food associated with feasting. The numerous finds especially during the 2020 excavation were time-consuming to recover, and the 2021 excavation therefore focussed on finishing the investigation of trench opened in the previous year.The excavation in 2021 thus concerned the lowermost part of the main occupation layer in the building, including a number of large postholes and other features interpreted as parts of the house construction. Furthermore, layers and sunken features were documented that are stratigraphically older than the building, possibly representing earlier phases of settlement at the site. Although severely damaged and difficult to understand with any certainity, the patterns of postholes and stone features underneath the investigates house foundation could represent an earlier building oriented in a slightly different direction. The age of this hypothetic earlier building is difficult to estimate, but based on some of the finds and the suggested presence of a stone wall, the Roman Iron Age is suggested. Among the finds from the 2021 excavation, animal bones predominate while the amounts of pottery are modest especially in relation to the situation the year before. Yet another context of seemingly ritual deposits of sheep bone was found, strengthening the image of the house as loaded with ritual significance possibly related to food and meat. Only a few more notable artefacts were recovered, including two amber beads and a bone pin. Furthermore, a large whetstone was recovered as well as several more smaller whetstones, accompanying numerous artefacts of the same category from previous years.In previous excavations, evidence for fire has been abundantly documented. This was notices also in the 2021 excavation, although it was now clearly demonstrated that this evidence is concentrated to the uppermost part of the stratigraphy. Also, the radiocarbon dates suggest that the house was affected by fire at least twice, the earliest of which most probably occurred in the 5th century and the latter in the early/mid 6th century. These are interesting results, especially in relation to the Gamla Skogsby vs Sandby borg hypothesis, which suggests that the residents at the main farm at Gamla Skogsby could have been involved in some way in the massacre at Sandby borg. The excavation team consisted of students from two different courses, as well as teachers and researchers from Linnaeus university and archaeologist from Kalmar County museum and Bohusläns museum. Participant researcher Cornelius Holtorf pursued a specific reflective agenda throughout the fieldwork, termed ”An Archaeology of Growth and Regeneration”, elaborated and discussed in detail in Bilaga 1. The excavation at Gamla Skogsby in 2021 was successful in finishing the trench opened in 2020. However, the extent of the house towards the west is still an open question, hopefully this will be answered in the coming campaign at the site in 2022.
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- Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo, et al.
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The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present
- 2023
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Ingår i: Cell. - : Elsevier. - 0092-8674 .- 1097-4172. ; 186:1, s. 32-46
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigate a 2,000-year genetic transect through Scandinavia spanning the Iron Age to the present, based on 48 new and 249 published ancient genomes and genotypes from 16,638 modern individuals. We find regional variation in the timing and magnitude of gene flow from three sources: the eastern Baltic, the British-Irish Isles, and southern Europe. British-Irish ancestry was widespread in Scandinavia from the Viking period, whereas eastern Baltic ancestry is more localized to Gotland and central Sweden. In some regions, a drop in current levels of external ancestry suggests that ancient immigrants contributed proportionately less to the modern Scandinavian gene pool than indicated by the ancestry of genomes from the Viking and Medieval periods. Finally, we show that a north-south genetic cline that characterizes modern Scandinavians is mainly due to the differential levels of Uralic ancestry and that this cline existed in the Viking Age and possibly earlier.
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