Book
Paths towards a stratified society: a study of economic, cultural and social formations in south-west Sweden during the Roman Iron Age and the migration period
Institute of Archaeology at the University of Stockholm • Stockholm • Published In 1982 • Pages: 152
By: Särlvik, Ingegerd.
Abstract
In this study Särlvik examines the archaeological record of southwest Sweden Roman Iron Age (AD 1-400) and Migration Period (400-600) to ascertain the kinds of social formations that existed in the region at that time. She takes a closer look at the artifacts, building constructions, and votive and burial customs from three specific areas: southern Bohuslän, central Västergötland, and south Halland provinces. The subsistence patterns varied with different combinations of farming, stockbreeding, fishing, hunting, and gathering. The evidence seems to point to household- or village-based manufacture of pottery and iron. Long distance trade was negligible (only 29 Roman objects over a six-century period.) Särlvik distinguishes between three different cultures in the region which were part of or connected to nearby cultures in Norway, Jutland, and southern Scandinavia.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1938-1977
- Coverage Date
- 2000-1300 BP
- Coverage Place
- southwest Sweden
- Notes
- Ingegerd Särlvik
- Swedish summary: p. 147-152
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-141) and index
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Stockholm, 1982
- LCSH
- Iron Age--Scandinavia