Stridsyxor och sjöfågel : norrländska nätverk med Östeuropa under vikingatid och tidig medeltid
(2016) In Lund Studies in Historical Archaeology 17. p.235-252- Abstract
- Interaction between the nomadic Saami and Germanic- speaking farmers in the northern part of Sweden is often seen as an intra-Scandinavian south-north phenomenon. In this paper, some artefacts from regions of the Baltic-Finnic Ves’ and mixed populations of Kievan Rus’ found in Norr- land are brought into the discussion. The first artefacts observed are two war axes of a suggested Kievan Rus’ origin. Added to these are imports found among the Saami, such as Kievan Rus’ jewellery as well as Baltic Finnic waterfowl- and lunula-pendants. The different types of artefacts had varied social and cultural meaning, addressing separate groups in the area. All artefacts imply a south-eastern route in a network, probably managed by Baltic Finns and... (More)
- Interaction between the nomadic Saami and Germanic- speaking farmers in the northern part of Sweden is often seen as an intra-Scandinavian south-north phenomenon. In this paper, some artefacts from regions of the Baltic-Finnic Ves’ and mixed populations of Kievan Rus’ found in Norr- land are brought into the discussion. The first artefacts observed are two war axes of a suggested Kievan Rus’ origin. Added to these are imports found among the Saami, such as Kievan Rus’ jewellery as well as Baltic Finnic waterfowl- and lunula-pendants. The different types of artefacts had varied social and cultural meaning, addressing separate groups in the area. All artefacts imply a south-eastern route in a network, probably managed by Baltic Finns and Saami on inland trails running from the Onega-Ladoga water systems, through inland Finland, leading to northern Sweden. The axes imply that sedentary farmers and Finnic-speaking Kvens and Ves’ also played a part in the eastern network, not only the Saami. Information gained from the interregional analysis is set in a wider frame of changing political and economic relations in north eastern Fennoscandia. Socioeconomic analogies are sought among seventeenth-century fur-trapping Huron and French actors. (Less)
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- Roslund, Mats LU
- organization
- alternative title
- War axes and water fowl : viking Age and high medieval networks between Norrland and Eastern Europe
- publishing date
- 2016
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Mellan slott och slagg : vänbok till Anders Ödman - vänbok till Anders Ödman
- series title
- Lund Studies in Historical Archaeology
- editor
- Gustin, Ingrid ; Hansson, Martin ; Roslund, Mats and Wienberg, Jes
- volume
- 17
- pages
- 18 pages
- ISSN
- 1653-1183
- ISBN
- 978-91-89578-65-4
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 36c2a106-5b59-4a5e-9b9c-2bea9020439a
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