Open AccessBurial Layout, Society and Sacred Geography - A Viking Age Example from Jämtland
Author(s) -
Mikael Jakobsson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current swedish archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2002-3901
pISSN - 1102-7355
DOI - 10.37718/csa.1997.06
Subject(s) - parallels , viking age , politics , power (physics) , archaeology , geography , history , sociology , ethnology , anthropology , environmental ethics , philosophy , law , political science , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering
ln the Viking Age cotnmunity in the Lake Storsjön district in central Jämtland the landscape, the society and the religion formed a conceptual totality. The political power had religious overtones and was legitimized through the topography of the district, which was comprehended by the inhabitants as god-given. This result has been achieved through structural analysis of two different source materials. One is an analysis of the sacred place-names in the district. The other analysis has used the richly furnished Viking Age cemetery of Röstahammaren, in particular its most well-equipped grave, male grave IV. There are structural parallels between these materials,