Gudme : Iron Age settlement and central halls / Palle Ostergaard Sorensen ; with introduction by Poul Otto Nielsen ; edited by Mads Dengsø Jessen and Mads Lou Bendtsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorensen, Palle Ostergaard, author.

Contributor:

Nielsen, Paul Otto, writer of foreword.

Jessen, Mads D., editor.

Bendtsen, Mads Lou, editor.

Series:

Pre-Christian Cult Sites Series

Pre-Christian Cult Sites Series ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron age--Denmark--Gudme.

Iron age.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Denmark--Gudme.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Dwellings--Denmark--Gudme--History--To 1500.

Dwellings.

Gudme (Denmark)--Antiquities.

Gudme (Denmark).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 377 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxbow Books, [2022]

Summary:

Gudme: The Iron Age Settlement and Central Halls presents, describes and interprets the many finds and structures that have been comprised during the extended excavations at the central parts of the Gudme locality on southeast Funen, Denmark. Head of excavation Palle Ostergaard Sorensen extracts, combines, classifies, dates and temporalizes the many finds and houses from the excavations Gudmehallerne, Gudme III, Gudme IV.0Since the 19th century the Gudme area has been known as one of the richest prehistoric localities in Scandinavia, and more than 1,000 roman coins, close to 600 fibulas as well as several small mask and animal figurines form part of the Gudme find assemblage. From AD 200 to AD 600 the site expanded rapidly and covered as much as one square kilometre comprising up to 50 farmsteads. At the individual farms, specialized craftsmanship can be found and the debris and tools of gold- and silversmiths as well as bronze casting is abundant - here, bronze fragments, often from statues, imported from the Roman Empire form a distinct category of finds - bearing witness to a flourishing and innovative world of craftsmanship, as well as an extensive trade network.0During this period the unique and monumental halls, with the largest being 47 m long and 10 m wide, dominated the hilltops east of Gudme lake. Just to the south a smaller building accompanied the large hall, and had been purposely demolished and rebuilt several times at the exact same spot. The unusually large entrances to the two adjoined buildings lead straight from one to the other, thus witnessing a duality of buildings that came to define the aristocratic localities throughout Scandinavia in the following 800 years. Hence, Gudme represents a starting point for a significant type of architectural ideal as well as a first generation of central places.

Contents:

Preface

I. Gudme - an introduction

1. The Gudme halls

2. Gudme III

3. Gudme IV

4. The house typology at Gudme and in the rest of the Danish area

Abbreviations and general information

Bibliography.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781789259087

1789259088

9781789259094

1789259096

OCLC:

1492982990