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- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für ur- und Frühgeschichte, Department Memberadd
- Archaeology, Viking Age Archaeology, Human-Animal Relations, Birds in the Viking Age, Funerary Archaeology, Death and Burial (Archaeology), and 18 moreFunerary Zooarchaeology, Viking Studies, Viking Age, Viking Age Scandinavia, Viking Age Norway, Viking age Sweden, Viking Age Denmark, Human-Animal Studies, Human-Animal Relationships, Zooarchaeology, Anthrozoology, Ethnozoology, Zoology, Bird (Ornithology), Birds of prey, Photography, Natural Science, and Strategy (Military Science)edit
- Klaudia Karpinska is currently Doctoral Research Fellow at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. She is... moreKlaudia Karpinska is currently Doctoral Research Fellow at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. She is working on her interdisciplinary PhD project entitled “On Wings to the Otherworld: Bird Remains in Viking Age Graves from Scandinavia and the British Isles”. During three years, she will analyse and interpret graves with eggshells, feather remains and bird bones dated to the Viking Age discovered in Scandinavia and in the British Isles. In her PhD thesis, she will also compare the conclusions emerging from the analysis of archaeological finds from funerary and other contexts with the meanings of birds in medieval written sources, as well as discussing selected bird depictions in Viking Age iconography.edit
Burial practices in Viking Age Scandinavia were very complex. Women, men and children were buried in different types of graves and were equipped with numerous objects (e. g. jewellery, pots, textiles, tools and weapons). Moreover, the... more
Burial practices in Viking Age Scandinavia were very complex. Women, men and children were buried in different types of graves and were equipped with numerous objects (e. g. jewellery, pots, textiles, tools and weapons). Moreover, the graves could also contain animals such as dogs, deer, fish, horses and different birds.
Bones of these ‘winged’ animals were and are discovered in different graves in Denmark and in the Schleswig region. Such remains have been found in both cremation graves and in inhumation graves with various internal and external constructions. In the Schleswig region on the North Frisian Islands (Amrum, Föhr, Sylt), these bones are known only from several cremation graves placed under mounds whereas in Denmark, bird remains were found in cremation and inhumation graves.
This article will discuss graves from Denmark and the Schleswig region in which bird bones were discovered. It will also present an overview of problems related to the determination and description of bird bones from funerary contexts. In addition, it will compare the graves from these areas with those from Norway and Sweden. This article describes the meaning of birds in funerary ‘dramas’ depicted in the medieval written sources (e. g. Ibn Fadlān Risāla, legendary sagas) and compares them with archaeological evidence.
Bones of these ‘winged’ animals were and are discovered in different graves in Denmark and in the Schleswig region. Such remains have been found in both cremation graves and in inhumation graves with various internal and external constructions. In the Schleswig region on the North Frisian Islands (Amrum, Föhr, Sylt), these bones are known only from several cremation graves placed under mounds whereas in Denmark, bird remains were found in cremation and inhumation graves.
This article will discuss graves from Denmark and the Schleswig region in which bird bones were discovered. It will also present an overview of problems related to the determination and description of bird bones from funerary contexts. In addition, it will compare the graves from these areas with those from Norway and Sweden. This article describes the meaning of birds in funerary ‘dramas’ depicted in the medieval written sources (e. g. Ibn Fadlān Risāla, legendary sagas) and compares them with archaeological evidence.
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Archaeozoology, Funerary Archaeology, Viking Studies, and 14 moreViking Age Archaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Cremation, Vikings, Birds of prey, Birds, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, VIking-Age ritual and religion, Chamber Graves, Viking Age Graves, Viking Age Denmark, Viking Age birds, and Birds in the Viking Age
Research Interests: Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Reception Studies, Audience and Reception Studies, and 14 moreViking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Women and Culture, Viking Age Scandinavia, Women warriors, Reenactment, Vikings, Viking Age, Viking, The reception of Old Norse Myth, Historical Reenactment, Viking Age Weapons, Seiðr, and Medieval Reenactment
Research Interests: Mythology And Folklore, Archaeology, Folklore, Historical Archaeology, Water, and 25 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Early Medieval And Medieval Settlement (Archaeology), Animal Sacrifice (Anthropology), Sacrifice (Anthropology Of Religion), Early Middle Ages (History), Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Early Medieval Studies, Jewellery, Lakes, Slavic Studies, Spearheads, Medieval Weapons and Equipment, Slavic Archaeology, Animal Sacrifice, Slavic Mythology, Early Medieval Swords, Medieval weaponry, Early Medieval Period, Swords, Offerings In Water, Weaponry, Viking Age Weapons, Viking Age Weaponry, Viking Age Spearheads, and Spear-Heads
Research Interests: Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Old Norse Literature, Viking Studies, Viking identities, and 27 moreViking diaspora, Viking Age Archaeology, Mythology (Old Norse Literature), Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Old Norse, Viking Age Scandinavia, Old Norse Religion, Book Reviews, Book Review, Amulets, Old Norse literature and culture, Vikings, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Slavic Archaeology, VIking-Age ritual and religion, Old Norse Sorcery, Seidr, Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture, Old Norse-Old Icelandic Literature, Vikings in the East, Vikings in the East, Varangians, Old Rus', Slavic Mythology, Viking Age Swords, Viking Age Weapons, Seiðr, and Viking Swords
Research Interests: Ritual, Archaeology of Religion, Human sacrifice (Anthropology Of Religion), Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, and 21 moreMagic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Animal Sacrifice (Anthropology), Sacrifice (Anthropology Of Religion), Ritual Theory, Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Viking Age Scandinavia, Book Reviews, Book Review, Middle Ages, Archeology of Ritual, Vikings, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Viking age Sweden, Foundation Deposits, Votive offerings, Offerings In Water, Wikinger, Offerings, Viking Age Denmark, and Religious and Magical Practices
Human-avian relationships developed in many ways throughout the Iron Age, particularly in the 1st millennium AD in Central and Northern Europe. These airborne animals foraged and scavenged close to settlements, inviting interactions –... more
Human-avian relationships developed in many ways throughout the Iron Age, particularly in the 1st millennium AD in Central and Northern Europe. These airborne animals foraged and scavenged close to settlements, inviting interactions – wild birds were hunted, and domesticated poultry were bred for meat, feathers and eggs; other birds were kept for entertainment or sport, with raptors trained for falconry. Aves also played significant roles in pre-Christian beliefs and rituals of Iron Age societies: they were sacrificed as votive offerings, included in funerary rites, used for divination, and feature as symbols in both pre-Christian and early Christian iconographies.
Bird remains are frequently recovered from a range of everyday and ritual contexts (e.g. settlements, pits, wells, graves). Avian iconography features on many objects (e.g. jewellery, weaponry, carved stones) in different manners (e.g. Germanic animal styles). Written sources – such as Roman (e.g. Pliny the Elder’s The Natural History) and Medieval accounts (e.g. Old Norse literature) – tell of the roles birds played in these cultures.
The main aim of the session is to discuss interdisciplinary research on human-bird relations in the 1st millennium AD in Northern and Central Europe. During the session, we will examine the roles of birds in daily life and their symbolic meanings in pre-Christian and early Christian belief systems of Iron Age cultures, including Roman influences. Papers regarding Eastern and Mediterranean parallels are also welcome. We would like to invite researchers who study such themes not only in the scope of archaeology, anthropology, and zooarchaeology, but also history, art history, history of religions, and philology.
Bird remains are frequently recovered from a range of everyday and ritual contexts (e.g. settlements, pits, wells, graves). Avian iconography features on many objects (e.g. jewellery, weaponry, carved stones) in different manners (e.g. Germanic animal styles). Written sources – such as Roman (e.g. Pliny the Elder’s The Natural History) and Medieval accounts (e.g. Old Norse literature) – tell of the roles birds played in these cultures.
The main aim of the session is to discuss interdisciplinary research on human-bird relations in the 1st millennium AD in Northern and Central Europe. During the session, we will examine the roles of birds in daily life and their symbolic meanings in pre-Christian and early Christian belief systems of Iron Age cultures, including Roman influences. Papers regarding Eastern and Mediterranean parallels are also welcome. We would like to invite researchers who study such themes not only in the scope of archaeology, anthropology, and zooarchaeology, but also history, art history, history of religions, and philology.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Anthropology, Iconography, Zooarchaeology, and 15 moreArchaeozoology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, History of Art, Viking Age Archaeology, Religion and ritual in prehistory, Beliefs, Human-Animal Studies, Animals and non-humans, Iron Age, Ancient Rome, Medieval Iconography, Birds of prey, Birds, and Anthropology of Religion
The proposed session is intended to provide an overview of the recent studies dealing with diverse research questions regarding pre-Christian religions and beliefs of the Central and Northern Europe from the 6th to the 13th centuries.... more
The proposed session is intended to provide an overview of the recent studies dealing with diverse research questions regarding pre-Christian religions and beliefs of the Central and Northern Europe from the 6th to the 13th centuries. Matters of the conversion, transition from traditional beliefs to Christianity, human-animal relations, rituals practices and landscape studies could be some of the most interesting themes. During the session we hope to present innovative interdisciplinary methods used in the research concerning pre-Christian beliefs and how results of these analyses changed our understanding of the period. We also intend to demonstrate how in these investigations we can, and rather must, use theories and methods gathered from other disciplines. In archaeological study of religion, we draw upon a wide range of sources and methods, but the fundamental question is: how to use them successfully in archaeological research of pagan beliefs? Through presentations and discussions, we´ll attempt to offer some answers to this question. Moreover, we would also like to present multiple innovative methods which combine different branches of humanities (e.g. cultural anthropology, history, religion studies) with various fields of natural sciences (e.g. zoology, osteology, landscape studies). We would like to encourage not only humanist scholars to take part in this session but also specialists in different branches of archaeology (e.g. zooarchaeology, osteology, paleoethnobotany) who are interested in pre-Christian religions and beliefs. Contributions from all these research fields are highly welcome.
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Research Interests: Zoology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Art History, Historical Archaeology, and 88 moreAnimal Science, Medieval History, Zooarchaeology, Human-Animal Relations, Wilderness (Environment), Death Studies, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Medieval Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Baltic Studies, Death & Dying (Thanatology), Horse culture, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Bone and Antler, Fish Biology, Viking Studies, Viking identities, Viking diaspora, History of Art, Viking Age Archaeology, Medieval Architecture, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Anglo Saxon Burial Studies (Archaeology), Anthropology of Death, Medieval Art, Human-Animal Relationships, Animals in Culture, Burial Practices (Archaeology), Social zooarchaeology, Hunting (Human Animal Relations), Human-Animal Studies, Christian Iconography, Vikings in the North Atlantic, Anthropology of Hunting, Archaeology of Hunting, Ritual Zooarchaeology, Burial mounds (Archaeology), Viking Age Scandinavia, Animal-Human Interaction, Anglo-Saxon archaeology, Mammals, Archaeology of burials, Dog burials, Baltic archaeology, Fishing, Reptiles, Sheep, Vikings, Birds of prey, Hunting, Birds, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Animals, Leatherworking, Archaeology of death and burial, Viking, Viking age Sweden, Vendeltid, Insects, Slavic Archaeology, Burial Customs, Anglo-Saxons, Animal Bones, Leather, Burned Bones, Pig Farming, History of Arts, Falconry, Bones, Amphibians, Vendel period, Viking art, Goats, Vikings in the East, Slavic Mythology, History of Horse Riding, Bone and Antler Artifacts, Antler, bone, horn & ivory artefacts, Anthropology of Religion, Bird and Mammals, Historical Falconry, Viking Age Denmark, Vendel Period and Viking Age Art and Archaeology, Archaeology of Horse and Riders, and Viking Age Norway
Research Interests: Early Medieval Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Viking Studies, Viking identities, Viking Age Archaeology, and 15 moreBird (Ornithology), Archaeology of Ritual and Magic, Viking Age Scandinavia, Archeology of Death, Funerary Practices, Viking Age Scandinavia and the North Atlantic, Vikings, Birds of prey, Birds, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Archaeology of death and burial, Ritual Practices, Viking Age birds, and Birds in the Viking Age
Research Interests: Archaeology, Human-Animal Relations, Funerary Archaeology, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, and 13 moreDeath and Burial (Archaeology), Human-Animal Relationships, Human-Animal Studies, Animals and non-humans, Viking Age Scandinavia, Cremation, Rituals, Birds, Viking Age, Viking age Sweden, VIking-Age ritual and religion, Water Birds, and Viking Age Norway
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Research Interests: Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Human-Animal Relations, Archaeozoology, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreFunerary Archaeology, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Burial Practices (Archaeology), Human-Animal Studies, Funerary Zooarchaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Cremation, Vikings, Birds, Viking Age, Archaeology of death and burial, Viking age Sweden, and Viking Age Graves
Research Interests: Zoology, Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Human-Animal Relations, Funerary Archaeology, and 15 moreViking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Human-Animal Studies, Funerary Zooarchaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Funerary Practices, Vikings, Birds of prey, Birds, Viking Age, Chamber Graves, Viking Age Denmark, Viking Age birds, and Birds in the Viking Age
The main aim of this paper is interpretation and discussion of the meaning of birds in Viking Age mortuary practices, beliefs, art as well as medieval written sources (e.g. Icelandic sagas, Poetic Edda). Special attention will be... more
The main aim of this paper is interpretation and discussion of the meaning of birds in Viking Age mortuary practices, beliefs, art as well as medieval written sources (e.g. Icelandic sagas, Poetic Edda). Special attention will be devoted to graves from Scandinavia and the British Isles in which the remains of various bird species were discovered
Research Interests: Archaeology, Ornithology, Old Norse Literature, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, and 15 moreDeath and Burial (Archaeology), Viking Age Scandinavia, Old Norse Religion, Vikings, Birds of prey, Birds, Viking Age, Viking, Viking age Sweden, Bird Bones, Boat grave, Viking Age Denmark, Viking Age Norway, Viking Age birds, and Birds in the Viking Age
Research Interests: Public Archaeology, Reception Studies, Magic, Pagan Studies, Women, and 29 morePaganism, Viking Studies, Viking identities, Viking Age Archaeology, Women and Culture, Viking Age Scandinavia, Women warriors, Reenactment, Woman, Modern Paganisms, Vikings, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, The reception of Old Norse Myth, Old Norse Sorcery, Seidr, Viking Culture and society, Historical Reenacment, Norse Völva, Nordic Witch, Seiður, Women in the Viking Age, Social Structures in the Viking Age, Role of Women in Viking Age, Public Perceptions of Archaeology, Seiðr, Archeology, Vikings In Popular Culture, Völva Staff, and Women in Viking Age Sweden
Research Interests: Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Shamanism, Pagan Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 21 moreFunerary Archaeology, Paganism, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Historical Re Enactment, Neoshamanism, Anthropology of Shamanism, Neopaganism, Vikings, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Shamanism, Pagan studies, Animism, Seidr, Historical Reenacment, Norse Völva, Nordic Witch, Asatru, Seiðr, Germanic Neopaganism, Asatru/Heathenry, Völva Staff, and Seiðr and galdr, organic effects
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Research Interests: Water, Early Medieval Archaeology, Early Medieval History, Underwater Archaeology, Lakes, and 9 morePagan/Christian Relations in the Early Middle Ages, Slavs, Medieval Weapons and Equipment, Slavic Archaeology, Early Medieval Swords, Rituals and Symbols (Medieval), Offerings In Water, Metal sickles, and Ostrów Lednicki
Der Poster unter dem Titel "Die Nordische Bronzezeit nach Oskar Montelius" enthält die wichtigsten Informationen über die Bronzezeit in Südskandinavien und Norddeutschland. Im Poster werden, nach Oskar Montelius, Alltagsleben, Religion... more
Der Poster unter dem Titel "Die Nordische Bronzezeit nach Oskar Montelius" enthält die wichtigsten Informationen über die Bronzezeit in Südskandinavien und Norddeutschland. Im Poster werden, nach Oskar Montelius, Alltagsleben, Religion und Bestattungsritus der damaligen Bevölkerung beschreiben. Die erwähnten Lebensbereiche werden hier mit zahlreichen Abbildungen veranschaulicht. Sie zeigen Bewaffnung, Schmuck, Trachtbestandteile, Bestattungen und Felsenzeichnungen der bronzezeitlichen Völker Südskandinaviens und Norddeutschlands.