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dc.contributor.authorSvestad, Asgeir
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-26T14:43:56Z
dc.date.available2022-02-26T14:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-17
dc.description.abstractTHE 11TH-CENTURY SKJOLDEHAMN GRAVE is a remarkable accidental find, discovered in a bog in coastal Arctic Norway in 1936. The grave consisted of a fully clothed skeleton wrapped in a wool blanket, lashed with leather straps and tin ring-ornamented woven bands. The body was laid on a reindeer pelt, which in turn was placed on sticks of birch. Finally, the body was covered with birch bark, and potentially covered with turf. The grave has intrigued scholars since its discovery, especially the question of ethnic affiliation, and whether it is Old Norse/Norwegian or Sámi. New dating has placed the grave in the period when Christianity was gaining new ground on these outskirts of Europe. Re-examinations of the grave finds suggest a blend of Old Norse and Sámi features, as well as pagan and possible Christian features, and contribute to a new understanding of the burial's material contingency.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSvestad. Buried in between: Re-interpreting the Skjoldehamn Medieval Bog Burial of Arctic Norway. Medieval Archaeology. 2021;65(2):286-321en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1977975
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00766097.2021.1997202
dc.identifier.issn0076-6097
dc.identifier.issn1745-817X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/24171
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.journalMedieval Archaeology
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleBuried in between: Re-interpreting the Skjoldehamn Medieval Bog Burial of Arctic Norwayen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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