Search for dissertations about: "Viking-Age Scandinavia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Viking-Age Scandinavia.

  2. 1. Decolonizing the Viking Age 1

    Author : Fredrik Svanberg; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; death rituals; burial; grave; society; post-colonial; nationalism; deconstruction; Orientalism.; Arkeologi; Archaeology; community; Scandinavia; Viking Age;

    Abstract : Decolonizing the Viking Age 1 argues that the Scandinavian “Viking Age” can be seen as a system of knowledge constructed in the late 19th century and in its basic structures maintained up to the present day. This system of knowledge was heavily influenced by the nationalistic and evolutionary ideas of its time of making and may be described as a colonialism of the past. READ MORE

  4. 2. Decolonizing the Viking Age. 2, Death rituals in south-east Scandinavia AD 800–1000

    Author : Fredrik Svanberg; Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; burial; death rituals; grave; society; post-colonial; nationalism; deconstruction; Orientalism.; Arkeologi; Archaeology; community; Scandinavia; Viking Age;

    Abstract : Decolonizing the Viking Age 1 argues that the Scandinavian “Viking Age” can be seen as a system of knowledge constructed in the late 19th century and in its basic structures maintained up to the present day. This system of knowledge was heavily influenced by the nationalistic and evolutionary ideas of its time of making and may be described as a colonialism of the past. READ MORE

  5. 3. Outlanders? : Resource colonisation, raw material exploitation and networks in Middle Iron Age Sweden

    Author : Andreas Hennius; Neil Price; Karl-Johan Lindholm; James Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; outlands; non-agrarian production; resource exploitation; Scandinavia; Iron Age archaeology; pre-viking age; Vendel period; Viking Age; tar production; pitfall hunting; whaling; seasonal production sites; Inmark; Utmark; järnålder; arkeologi; ickeagrar produktion; resursexploatering; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The Middle Iron Age, around 300–650 CE, was characterised by extensive transformations across many aspects of society in the area of present-day Sweden. Within the central agricultural regions of the southern parts of the country, these changes are evident in a re-organisation of the settlements, renewed burial practices, the building of large-scale monuments, as well as increased militarisation, social stratification and an increase in imported objects. READ MORE

  6. 4. People in Between : Ethncity and Material Identity, a New Approach to Deconstructed Concepts

    Author : Charlotta Hillerdal; Frands Herschend; Johan Rönnby; Neil Price; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnicity; materiality; cultural identity; cultural practice; Viking Age; Varangians; Russia; Métis; Canada; colonialism; post-colonial; Romantic philosophy; indigenous; Ruhnu; Estonia; authenticity; national identity; Viking Age towns; Scandinavia; town formation; discontinuity; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

    Abstract : In questions concerning ethnicity and cultural identity in prehistory, there is a great divide between the conclusions maintained on a theoretical level of discussion and the interpretations given to material remains, when these theories are practiced on the archaeological material. Inherited scientific and political structures, usage and ideas contribute to our understanding of ethnicity and the everyday use of the concept, and influence archaeological interpretations. READ MORE

  7. 5. Suspended Value : Using Coins as Pendants in Viking-Age Scandinavia (c. AD 800–1140)

    Author : Florent Audy; Nanouschka Myrberg Burström; Anders Andrén; Dagfinn Skre; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coin-pendants; archaeology; numismatics; Viking-Age Scandinavia; material culture; economy; religion; craftsmanship; Birka; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The use of coins as pendants is a common practice in the Scandinavian Viking Age (c. AD 800–1140). About three per cent of the coins circulating in Scandinavia show signs of having been adapted for suspension, either with a small hole or a loop. Modifying coins in this way changes the nature of the object. READ MORE