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"Peter Alaca" <p.alaca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
news:45801414$0$82721$dbd4d001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson (2006)
> "THE BIRKA WARRIOR, The material culture of a martial society"
> Doctoral Thesis in Archaeological Science
> Stockholm University
> http://tinyurl.com/mrd3u (diva-portal)
> [pdf, 120 pp, 7.6 mb]
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> Keywords: Birka, martial society, warrior, material culture,
> distribution patterns, cultural expression, Rus', Viking Age,
> Early Middle Age, iconography, style.
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Thanks Peter for a great link.
Half way through Svanbergs 'Decolonizing the viking age',
and halfway through the 'Birka warrior' I must say it is
exciting.
And I must ask if anyone know more about this;
From...
www.archaeology.su.se/content/1/c4/78/20/ISBA2_abstracts.pdf
Sulphur isotope analysis from two Viking Age cemeteries: A
comparison between a Christian and heathen site in Sweden
Anna Linderholm1, Karin Andersson1, Magnus Mörth2 & Kerstin Lidén1
1 Archaeological Research laboratory, Stockholm University, 106 91
Stockholm, Sweden
2 Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, 106 91
Stockholm,
Sweden
''The well-known Viking age proto-town Birka situated on the island Björkö
in lake Mälaren,
Sweden has been the focus in many Early Medieval Scandinavian studies. The
wide range of
burial types, all non Christian, on the island among other things have lead
to a discussion on
where the buried people came from, since it is obvious they did not live on
the island. As a
sharp contrast to the heathen Birka is the cemetery in Björned, Ångermanland
in Northern
Sweden. All burials in this Viking Age/Early Medieval cemetery are
Christian. Björned is
considered to be connected to the east/western trade between the eastern
Baltic and Norway.
Where does this Christian enclave come from? Did they come as missionaries
settling in a
heathen country? There are contemporary heathen cemeteries in the vicinity.
We have
approached these issues using stable isotopes analysis of carbon, nitrogen
and sulphur all on
collagen. Despite slight differences in, a mainly terrestrial based, diet
seen in the carbon and
nitrogen isotopes there is a large variance in sulphur values. This can only
be explained by a
different geographic origin for both the individuals from Birka and the
individuals from
Björned.''
I wonder if the Svea King from Adelsö and his vikings ever set foot in Birka
:-)
JerryT
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