Sökning: "Smithing"
Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet Smithing.
1. Vid Gudarna, så Smidigt! : Att identifiera och tolka smedens roll och det osteologiska materialets användningsområden i samband med smide i lokalen ”Signallottan”
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : The Gotlandic smith has been depicted on several picture stones and is a subject of fear and respect in the Old Norse sagas. Their technological prowess can be identified through their skilful work and through the stories told about them, but one must delve deeper to identify the smith-craft itself. LÄS MER
2. Late use of chipped stone tools: A case study of Viking age and Medieval material from middle Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : Stone tools define earlier prehistory but the extent of their usage in later periods remains uncertain, as the archaeological community tends to focus on trademark materials from respective time periods. Accordingly, usage of chipped stone such as quartz and flint in later periods, tends to be ignored or regarded as residual from earlier Stone age activities, resulting in that valuable knowledge is lost. LÄS MER
3. Rituellt stål – symbolik och vidare implikationer för den skandinaviska järnåldern
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The theory of using bonecoal to create steel during the scandinavian iron- and viking-age also came with theories of ancestor worship - through use of ancestor´s bones, fertility - by liking iron-work to childbirth, and the ritual role of iron-smiths - in making that happen. This text endeavors to compare these theories with others and conclude that ancestor worship was a possible motive for grave-robbing or chosing particular animal bones to create steel, but no conclusive evidence for it has been found, nor, indeed for ancestor worship itself. LÄS MER
