Dealing with the dead : archaeological perspectives on prehistoric Scandinavian burial ritual / edited by Tore Artelius & Fredrik Svanberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Artelius, Tore, 1954-

Svanberg, Fredrik, 1972-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Skrifter (Sweden. Riksantikvarieämbetet. Arkeologiska undersökningar) ; no 65.

Skrifter (Sweden. Riksantikvarieämbetet. Arkeologiska undersökningar)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burial--Scandinavia--History.

Burial.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Scandinavia--History.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Scandinavia.

Excavations (Archaeology).

History.

Scandinavia.

Scandinavia--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Stockholm] : National Heritage Board, [2005]

Summary:

The 14 essays in this volume examine how prehistoric Scandinavian burial rituals can be interpreted within contemporary Swedish contract archaeology. They analyze the material culture of burial rituals from a historical perspective and aim to indicate the range and depth of current Swedish archaeology. The essays are case studies of graves and collective religious rituals over a broad period of time (Neolithic, Viking, Bronze, and Iron Ages, for example) and region (such as Uppland, eastern and southern Sweden) and topics such as gender, symbolism, and terminology. Authors of the essays are associated with the Archaeological Excavations Department of the Swedish National Heritage Board or The Museum of National Antiquities in Sweden. There is no index. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Dealing with Scandinavian burial ritual

an introduction

The burial-ground at Borgeby: point of departure for a tentative neolithic travel itinerary / Janis Runcis

With Thor on our side: the symbolism of the Thor hammer-ring in Viking Age burial ritual / Gunnar Andersson

Pyre sites before our eyes / Caroline Arcini

House symbolism in aristocratic death rituals of the Bronze Age / Fredrik Svanberg

Hills of the ancestors: death, forging and sacrifice on two Swedish burial sites / Lisa K. Larsson

The grave as concept and phenomenon: reflections on the relation between archaeological terminology and interpretation / Anders Kaliff

Where are the dead?: empty graves from early Iron Age Uppland / Kajsa Häringe Frisberg

Sailing towards the afterlife: analysis of a ship-formed burial monument at Hellerö by the Baltic Sea / Berit Sigvallius

A symbolic farewell to nature: fencing at late Viking Age burial-grounds / Tore Artelius & Anna Kristensson

The attractive force: gallery-graves in the landscape / Ewa Ryberg

The dead in the hills: reflections on the cult of the dead in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of Uppland / Håkan Aspeborg

Wealthy women and absent men: gender in early Iron Age burial-grounds in Östergötland / Petra Nordin

Human bones in the Bronze Age of Uppland / Thomas Eriksson

The revenant by the lake: spear symbolism in Scandinavian late Viking Age burial ritual / Tore Artelius.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9172093854

OCLC:

64392503

Publisher Number:

9789172093850