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Båtgravar – för utvalda män och kvinnor. : En studie av båtgravfälten i Vendel, Tuna i Badelunda och Gamla Uppsala. / Boat graves – for selected men and women. : A study of the boat grave fields in Vendel, Tuna in Badelunda and Gamla Uppsala

During the Vendel period the elite started to bury their men and women in the boat graves. The boat graves have been interpreted differently depending on if the graves were made for men or women. But the grave goods have one thing in common. The grave goods, consisted of weapons, jewelry, riding equipment, gaming pieces and hand craft tools, proves that the buried persons belonged to an upper-class with a connection to the religion, the gods and the fertility cult.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-79702
Date January 2019
CreatorsHildenborg, Matilda
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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