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

Description

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.

Links & Downloads

1. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-79702

Tags

Vendel period

boat grave

ship burial

gender

fertility cult

Vendeltid

båtgrav

skeppsgrav

genus

fruktbarhetskult

Archaeology

Arkeologi

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-79702
Date	January 2019
Creators	Hildenborg, Matilda
Publisher	Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)
Source Sets	DiVA Archive at Upsalla University
Language	Swedish
Detected Language	English
Type	Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Format	application/pdf
Rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess