A Lost World? [Elektronisk resurs] a re-evaluation of the boat grave at Årby in Turinge parish, Södermanland, Sweden
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- Neiss, Michael, 1977- (författare)
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Alternativt namn: Neiß, Michael, 1977-
- Publicerad: Hannover : Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, 2015
- Engelska.
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Serie: Neue Studien zur Sachsenforschung, 2193-4185
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Ingår i: Dying Gods. ; 223-232
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- During the 1972 rescue excavation prior to a motorway construction project in the Swedish region of Södermanland, a previously unknown Viking Age burial ground was found near the farmstead of Årby in Turinge parish. The find included some early Christian graves as well as a boat grave that resembled a pre-Christian burial of a wealthy lady of the late Birka period. However, over the following 40 years, archaeology has developed new concepts and methods that seem to challenge this idea. Thus, a recent object ‘autopsy’ revealed that the boat grave dates from a much later period than previously assumed. This raises some interesting questions regarding the ecclesiastical organization in the 11th century. Why, all of a sudden, revive ancient burial rites? Was it an attempt by the people of Turinge to reconnect with ‘a lost world’? (Tesch, this volume.) In this paper, I intend to explain some of the details that contributed to the re-evaluation of the Turinge boat grave.
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- History and Archaeology (ssif)
- Archaeology (ssif)
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- Artefact autosy - Christianisation of Scandinavia - Death and Burial (Archaeology) - Dress and identity - Dress and Personal Adornment (Archaeology) - Early Medieval Archaeology - Early Medieval Archaeology
- Hybridity - History of Christianity - Hybridity - Material Culture of the Viking age - Religious Conversion - Religious Conversion - Viking Age Archaeology - Viking Age Scandinavia - Vikings in the East
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