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The Sösdala horsemen and the equestrian elite of fifth century Europe / edited by Charlotte Fabech & Ulf Näsman.

Penn Museum Library SF284.S8 S67 2017
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Fabech, Charlotte, editor.
Näsman, Ulf, editor.
Series:
Jutland Archaeological Society publications ; 99.
Jutland Archaeological Society publications, 0107-2854 ; 99
Language:
English
Russian
Subjects (All):
Horsemanship--Sweden--Skåne län--Equipment and supplies--History.
Horsemanship.
Horses--Sweden--Skåne län--Equipment and supplies--History.
Horses.
Excavations (Archaeology).
Ironwork, Medieval.
Equipment and supplies.
History.
Skåne län (Sweden)--Antiquities.
Skåne län (Sweden).
Skåne län (Sweden)--Antiquities--Catalogs.
Ironwork, Medieval--Sweden--Skåne län.
Ironwork, Medieval--Sweden--Skåne län--Catalogs.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Sweden--Skåne län.
Antiquities.
Horsemanship--Equipment and supplies.
Horses--Equipment and supplies.
Sweden--Skåne län.
Genre:
Catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:
451 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Distribution:
Aarhus : Aarhus University Press.
Place of Publication:
Højbjerg : Jutland Archaeological Society, [2017].
Language Note:
Summaries in Russian.
Summary:
Sösdala is a famous name in European archaeology of the Migration Period. But the fame of the name has thrown the find itself in deep shade. This is surprising since it contains mounts from an exquisitely decorated parade bridle, the closest parallels to which are found in Austria, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. The craftsmanship equals the best Late Roman metalwork. The content of the Sösdala finds reveal that Scandinavians were involved in the turmoil when the Late Roman Empire disintegrated. The context, depositions of dismantled horse tack in gravel ridges, is explainable with reference to Nomadic funerary rituals. Based on new scholarly studies and scientific analyses a European team of scholars places Sösdala in its European setting. The book is concluded by full catalogues of three finds of horse tack from Sösdala and Fulltofta. The papers in English have résumés and captions in Russian.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9788793423152
8793423152
OCLC:
1012572471

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