Vessel import to Norway in the first millennium A.D. : composition and context
More than 1100 complete or fragmentary imported vessels in bronze, glass, wood, horn, clay and silver from the first millennium A.D. have been found in Norway, approximately 80[percent] of them in graves. The extensive research already carried out has produced a vast body of literature, which generally keeps within strict chronological boundaries, concentrating on vessels from either the Roman Period, the Migration Period, or the Viking Age. Two main approaches to the material have traditionally been applied: 1) typo logical studies, on the basis of which trade connections and systems have been discussed from different theoretical perspectives, and 2) imports as status markers, from which hierarchical social systems of a general kind have been inferred. Only very rarely have their function as vessels attracted any serious consideration, and even more rarely their actual local context. After describing the vessels, the thesis studies their geographical distribution at a national level, establishing broad import patterns in space and time, before relating them to a local context using parishes and farms. The status of the farms involved is then established, using farm names and written sources to allocate them
Holand, Ingegerd
Archaeology
Vessel import to Norway in the first millennium A.D. : composition and context. More than 1100 complete or fragmentary imported vessels in bronze, glass, wood, horn, clay and silver from the first millennium A.D. have been found in Norway, approximately 80[percent] of them in graves. The extensive research already carried out has produced a vast body of literature, which generally keeps within strict chronological boundaries, concentrating on vessels from either the Roman Period, the Migration Period, or the Viking Age. Two main approaches to the material have traditionally been applied: 1) typo logical studies, on the basis of which trade connections and systems have been discussed from different theoretical perspectives, and 2) imports as status markers, from which hierarchical social systems of a general kind have been inferred. Only very rarely have their function as vessels attracted any serious consideration, and even more rarely their actual local context. After describing the vessels, the thesis studies their geographical distribution at a national level, establishing broad import patterns in space and time, before relating them to a local context using parishes and farms. The status of the farms involved is then established, using farm names and written sources to allocate them
vessel import norway first_millennium composition context complete fragmentary import vessel bronze glass wood horn clay silver first_millennium find norway approximately percent graf extensive already carry produce vast body_literature generally keep within strict chronological boundary concentrate vessel either roman_period migration_period viking_age two_main approach material traditionally apply typo logical study basis trade connection system discuss different theoretical_perspective import status marker hierarchical social_system general kind infer rarely function vessel attract serious consideration even rarely actual local_context describe vessel study geographical_distribution national_level establish broad import pattern space_time relate local_context use parish farm status farm involve establish use farm name write_source allocate