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  1. 1. Stenbyar & fornborgar : En korrelationsstudie av ortnamnet Stenby och fornborgar i östra Mellansverige

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Författare :Kerstin Jensen-Urstad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Stenby; placenames; Mälar Valley region; hillfort; hilltop settlement; Migration Period; landscape;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on the observation that in the Lake Mälaren region, places with the name Stenby ("stone village") tend to be located next to hillforts. I have researched the occurrence of the place name Stenby with medieval evidence for the name in eastern central Sweden and found sixteen that are located in the Mälaren Valley region. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Eskilstunas Fornborgar : En GIS-baserad analys av relationen mellan fornborgarna och dess landskapsrum

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Författare :Tobias Blad; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Fornborg; GIS; Arkeologi; Siktanalys;

    Sammanfattning : The excavations conducted on the Swedish prehistoric hillforts are very limited. However, a lot of people are drawn to them because of their impressive size, which include preserved walls that can reach over three metres in height. They are frequently associated with legends about giants who once lived there. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Norrlands fornborgar : Funktioner & Tolkningar

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Författare :Acke Brandt; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Swedish hillfort; function; dates; GIS-analysis; 3D picture;

    Sammanfattning : This study about Norrland’s hillforts has been a way to understand and figure out how the hillforts has been used. By reading previously published literature around mostly Scandinavian hillforts and what they may have had for functions and dating, if the assumed previously functions in Norrland was right or if there could be more to them. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Håga in context – An analysis of the Håga complex in the Bronze Age landscape of the Mälar Valley region

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Rachel Elliott; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Håga complex; King Björn’s mound; Bronze Age; Middle Sweden; Mälar Valley region; ritual landscapes; ritual practice theory; Hågakomplexet; Kung Björns hög; bronsåldern; Mellansverige; Mälardalen; rituell landskapet; rituellpraktiksteori;

    Sammanfattning : The Bronze Age in Middle Sweden is characterized by several key sites and monuments which have been interpreted by previous research to play an overarching role in the elite ruling system in the Mälar Valley region. King Björn’s mound (a.k.a. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Fornborgen och landskapet : En GIS-baserad visibilitetsanalys av relationen mellan bronsålderns fornborgar och dess landskapsrum.

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Linus Olsson Eriksson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Hillfort; GIS; Viewshed; Phenomenology; Landscape; Bronze Age; Sweden; fornborg; vallanläggning; visibilitet; fenomenologi; landskap; bronsålder; Sverige; digital;

    Sammanfattning : For the better part of the 20th century, Swedish hillforts were seen strictly as an iron age phenomenon, and it was not until the mid-1980’s that we had reliable evidence that hillforts were already constructed during the Bronze Age. At the same time, archaeologists were moving away from the old militaristic studies to make way for studies based on the symbolical aspects of these monumental structures. LÄS MER