VikingPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.5617/viking.10575
Kjetil Loftsgarden
{"title":"Kinsarvik i Hardanger – byen som aldri blei til","authors":"Kjetil Loftsgarden","doi":"10.5617/viking.10575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.10575","url":null,"abstract":"In the High Middle Ages Kinsarvik in Hardanger was ideally situated as a hub, where iron and other outfield resources flowed from the eastern inland regions to the more populous coastal areas to the west. Archaeological finds, building remains, written sources and previous investigations show Kinsarvik as an urban marketplace, with production and regional and interregional trade, as well as a place with administrative and political functions. Comparable to the more well-known marketplace Kaupanger in Sogn. The location, as well as finds and structures, indicates that non-agrarian resources from the mountainous settlements to the east were a major foundation for Kinsarvik as a marketplace. A consequence being that, from the late 13th century, when there is a significant decrease in iron production and other outfield resources, Kinsarvik as an urban marketplace looses much of its basis for existence and gradually goes out of use.","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139263638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.5617/viking.10578
Jan Magne Gjerde, Karin Tansem
{"title":"Doarrás – eit nytt område med helleristningar i Alta","authors":"Jan Magne Gjerde, Karin Tansem","doi":"10.5617/viking.10578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.10578","url":null,"abstract":"The paper discusses three newly found panels with rock carvings in Alta, Northern Norway. They were discovered at Doarrás (Kongsvika), an area with no previously known rock art. The new site is located outside well-established UNESCO World Heritage rock art areas, which are considered to be of national and international value. The Alta rock art has been researched extensively, and the new site at Doarrás complements and enrich the already established knowledge. The rocks and the figures are discussed and related to previously suggested dating and their relation to the shoreline. Further, the motifs stylistic similarities are compared to figures at the already known sites in Alta. The paper also addresses the importance of rock art surveying for both research and heritage management.","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":"27 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139265460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.5617/viking.10577
Trond Meling
{"title":"Et finsmedverksted fra tidlig vikingtid på Sømme ved Hafrsfjord","authors":"Trond Meling","doi":"10.5617/viking.10577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.10577","url":null,"abstract":"In Norway, Viking-age non-ferrous metal working is primarily related to trading sites like Kaupang in Vestfold. The remains of a workshop at Sømme in Rogaland demonstrates, however, that this kind of craft also took place within agrarian contexts in this period. Findings from the workshop reveal that the smiths worked with different kind of metals, used various techniques and were highly skilled. It is argued that the region must have been an important nodal point for long distance connections, especially to the British Isles, and that the metalworkers got their raw materials through these connections. Shortly after 900 AD the workshop was abandoned. At the same time, Harald Fairhair gained control of the western part of Norway, and there was a sudden disappearance of Insular objects in the region. A new political order and the lack of raw materials could be major reasons for the abandonment of the workshop.","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":"95 3-4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139262601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.5617/viking.10753
Marianne Vedeler, Lyder Marstrander, Per Kristian Skulberg
{"title":"Gi oss et publikumsvennlig Vikingtidsmuseum","authors":"Marianne Vedeler, Lyder Marstrander, Per Kristian Skulberg","doi":"10.5617/viking.10753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.10753","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139265665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2022-11-20DOI: 10.5617/viking.9859
Axel Mjærum, Ellen Kathrine Friis, Ragnar Orten Lie
{"title":"Sagn og fremgravd «virkelighet» om Vonde-Sveinung og den ihjelslagne dvergen Fegge","authors":"Axel Mjærum, Ellen Kathrine Friis, Ragnar Orten Lie","doi":"10.5617/viking.9859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.9859","url":null,"abstract":"A legend tells the dramatic and colourful story of the farmer Sveinung the Cruel and how he killed a dwarf (in Norwegian tusse/dverg) named Fegge in his smithy at the farm Heggtveit in Kviteseid, Norway. In the story the smithy is positioned below the hill Smiuberget (lit. Smithy Hill). During an excavation in 2020, a relatively well-preserved smithy from the 13th century was excavated at the place described in the legend. The discovery offered a unique opportunity to explore the complex and dynamic relationship between the rich record of Norwegian folklore, excavated “reality” and the history of place names. Because of this complexity, the authors argue that to seek the “real” roots of the legend is a difficult and maybe also a meaningless task. Rather, they argue that the history of Fegge`s death and other legends are valuable sources to immaterial aspects of the region’s Medieval and Renaissance metal crafting. ","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42233167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2022-11-20DOI: 10.5617/viking.9857
Wenche Brun
{"title":"Kystnære bergkunststeder på Nord-Jæren","authors":"Wenche Brun","doi":"10.5617/viking.9857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.9857","url":null,"abstract":"The majority of the open-air rock art sites in the county of Rogaland are located near the shoreline along the fjord systems surrounding the city of Stavanger. In the area the shoreline variation from the Bronze Age and up to modern day is minor, which means that the sites still are situated roughly in their original topographical context. The ocean is a dominating presence, and the distribution of rock carvings as well as the motives indicate the waterways’ significance and also to prehistoric use of the shipping lanes which are still in use today. A discussion concerning the coastline and the seascape combined with a phenomenological approach to the rock art sites and landscape might add another dimension to the traditional and well-established agricultural frameworks of interpretation when it comes to the rock art sites in Rogaland. Through personal experience combined with archaeological knowledge the relations between open air rock art sites, surrounding landscapes and the coastline concerning past social and ritual gatherings, wayfinding and sea voyages is discussed. ","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45743145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2022-11-20DOI: 10.5617/viking.9862
Nina Sofie Hildre
{"title":"Augusta Zangenberg (1846−1915): «Det er en kvinne som har samlet det hele»","authors":"Nina Sofie Hildre","doi":"10.5617/viking.9862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.9862","url":null,"abstract":"Den danske danselæreren Augusta Zangenberg sto for en rekke utgravninger av gravplasser og boplasser i Danmark fra og med 1870-tallet. Hennes samling av oldsaker utgjorde etter hvert rundt tre tusen gjenstander, og samlingen ble en del av det nyåpnede Thisted Museum i 1903. Historien om Zangenberg er en historie om hvordan en kvinne gjorde seg gjeldende på en arena som hun på grunn av sitt kjønn egentlig var utelukket fra. Fascinasjonen for hvordan det var mulig å finne spor etter tidligere tiders mennesker rett under sand og torv, hadde hun med seg fra hun som liten jente fant en stridsøks i en plogfure. ","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45760813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2022-11-20DOI: 10.5617/viking.9858
Nikolaj Wiuff Kristensen
{"title":"Træmanden fra Rude Eskilstrup og Søholtstaven - Attributter til den norrøne gudedyrkelse?","authors":"Nikolaj Wiuff Kristensen","doi":"10.5617/viking.9858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.9858","url":null,"abstract":"The wooden man from Rude Eskilstrup, found in a bog, and the figurines from the wooden Søholt staff, found in a gravemound, have hitherto been dated to the Germanic Iron Age. These datings are crucial to the interpretation and has been a reference in dating of other figurines. The wooden man has parallels in male garments of 10th‒11th Century. It is argued that the wooden man is probably from the 10th century. If the new dating is correct, the find is most likely a statue of a pagan god, removed from a cultic building. The Søholt staff has parallels to staffs found in volva's graves from the 10th century and to face pendants from the Viking Age. Through these parallels, and parallels to the wooden man, the Søholt grave is interpreted as a volva's grave from the 10th Century. By comparison to Odins characteristics, it is suggested that both the wooden man and the figurines from Søholt could be representing Odin. ","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45120083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2022-11-20DOI: 10.5617/viking.9948
Lars F. Stenvik
{"title":"Minneord om Oddmunn Farbregd (1941–2021)","authors":"Lars F. Stenvik","doi":"10.5617/viking.9948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.9948","url":null,"abstract":"Minneord om Oddmunn Farbregd (1941–2021)","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41416342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VikingPub Date : 2022-11-20DOI: 10.5617/viking.9875
Anne Lene Melheim
{"title":"Seaways to Complexity.","authors":"Anne Lene Melheim","doi":"10.5617/viking.9875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5617/viking.9875","url":null,"abstract":"Bokanmeldelse av boka Seaways to Complexity. A Study of Sociopolitical Organisation Along the Coast of Northwestern Scandinavia in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, Equinox, 2021. Av Knut Ivar Austvoll.","PeriodicalId":32358,"journal":{"name":"Viking","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41522578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}