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De offrade hästarna - En studie utifrån tre järnålderstida offerkontexter i Sydsverige med huvudsakligt fokus på Röekillorna

Viktorsson, Amanda LU (2023) HOSK04 20222
Historical Osteology
Abstract (Swedish)
This study has been made to further our understanding of which types of horses were sacrificed in Röekillorna, Skedemosse and Stanstorp. But also, to get an idea on how the horses skeletal parts were handled and through that information try to understand the true importance of sacrificing a horse during the iron age, with a main focus on Röekillorna. By studying the osteological material from Röekillorna combined with literary studies and by gathering both qualitative and quantitative information on element distribution, osteometry, taphonomic processes and paleopathologies, several approaches were taken to the osteological materials.
Four conclusions have been reached. The first one is that it is possible to distinguish three main... (More)
This study has been made to further our understanding of which types of horses were sacrificed in Röekillorna, Skedemosse and Stanstorp. But also, to get an idea on how the horses skeletal parts were handled and through that information try to understand the true importance of sacrificing a horse during the iron age, with a main focus on Röekillorna. By studying the osteological material from Röekillorna combined with literary studies and by gathering both qualitative and quantitative information on element distribution, osteometry, taphonomic processes and paleopathologies, several approaches were taken to the osteological materials.
Four conclusions have been reached. The first one is that it is possible to distinguish three main differences in proportions and sizes of the horses from these places. The second conclusion is that the bones seem to have been handled in some similar but also different ways, where the biggest difference is noticed between the wetland sacrifices and the sacrifices that were made in the place of residence. The third conclusion is that the signs of paleopathological changes make it possible to assume that the people during the Iron age did not only choose the horses that were in only the best nor the worst physical shape for the
purpose of sacrifice. Finally, this study also reveals a much less glamorous reality for the horses than maybe is expected of a society where the horse is held in high esteem in many ways. (Less)
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author
Viktorsson, Amanda LU
supervisor
organization
course
HOSK04 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Zooarchaeology, Sacrifices, Iron Age, Horses, Equus Caballus, Osteometry, Taphonomy, Paleopathology, Scandinavia, Röekillorna, Stanstorp, Skedemosse, Sweden.
language
Swedish
id
9134086
date added to LUP
2024-01-18 16:37:53
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2024-01-18 16:37:53
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  abstract     = {{This study has been made to further our understanding of which types of horses were sacrificed in Röekillorna, Skedemosse and Stanstorp. But also, to get an idea on how the horses skeletal parts were handled and through that information try to understand the true importance of sacrificing a horse during the iron age, with a main focus on Röekillorna. By studying the osteological material from Röekillorna combined with literary studies and by gathering both qualitative and quantitative information on element distribution, osteometry, taphonomic processes and paleopathologies, several approaches were taken to the osteological materials.
Four conclusions have been reached. The first one is that it is possible to distinguish three main differences in proportions and sizes of the horses from these places. The second conclusion is that the bones seem to have been handled in some similar but also different ways, where the biggest difference is noticed between the wetland sacrifices and the sacrifices that were made in the place of residence. The third conclusion is that the signs of paleopathological changes make it possible to assume that the people during the Iron age did not only choose the horses that were in only the best nor the worst physical shape for the
purpose of sacrifice. Finally, this study also reveals a much less glamorous reality for the horses than maybe is expected of a society where the horse is held in high esteem in many ways.}},
  author       = {{Viktorsson, Amanda}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{De offrade hästarna - En studie utifrån tre järnålderstida offerkontexter i Sydsverige med huvudsakligt fokus på Röekillorna}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}