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Populär artikel om tolkningen av inskriften på Rökstenen (Ög 136) i Östergötland.
I denne avhandlingen har jeg sett på møtet mellom latinskrift og de angelsaksiske og skandinaviske runene. Jeg har tatt utgangspunkt i David Parsons’ hypotese om at det skjedde en reform av det angelsaksiske runeinventaret på 600-tallet,... more
This article deals with the inscription on a rune-stone fragment discovered in 1985 at Igelsta in Östertälje parish in Södermanland, which according to the author commemorates a man named Øygrīmʀ. This name is very rare and is previously... more
Advice on preventive conservation of prehistoric rock art and runestones in Blekinge county
Birka, Sigtuna and Medelpad—Glimpses of Three Writing Environments in the Viking Age. The author discusses some aspects of vernacular literacy in the Viking Age by analysing the runic material from three different places in Sweden:... more
The rune carver Asmund Karasun was a very productive carver in late 11th-century Uppland, active in the vicinity of Sigtuna but never within the town. In this study, Asmund’s carving technique has been analysed by 3D-scanning and... more
This article discusses Peircean ideas and integrates them into a system that can be understood as magical communication within the Umwelt of the Runemaster of the elder runic tradition. I begin by discussing the issue with the word... more
Do tej pory pokutuje w oficjalnej nauce pogląd o niepiśmienności Słowian przed misją braci Cyryla i Metodego. Ale, co ciekawe, ten sam osąd dotyczył także do niedawna ludów germańskich, z czego obecnie już się wycofano, pozostawiając... more
This paper deals with the subject of Viking Age iconography as source material for rigging details and sail technology of Viking Age ships. The survey consists of two parts: 1) an iconographical analysis of Scandinavian ship motifs c.... more
Fato & Versões - Faculdade Católica de Uberlândia/Universidade de Mato Grosso do Sul, 2014/2 (no prelo). ISSN: 1983-1293
A popular historical article in Swedish that summarizes the prehistoric-historic development from the ice age until present day of the Järvafältet area, Uppland, Sweden. The area of Järvafältet are exceptionally rich in prehistoric sites... more
This article, the inaugural winner of the journal's Gurli Aagaard Woods Undergraduate Publication Award, combines the analysis of ancient literature with an archaeological approach in an effort to further interpret the presence and... more
Abstract: A number of purported rune stones exist in Oklahoma. In this paper each stone is physically examined, linguistically analyzed, and compared with Norse predecessors to determine if there is any evidence of them being of Viking... more
Uses the account of Ohthere and runic inscriptions to demonstrate that at least some members of the Scandinavian aristocracy had a sense of belonging to supra-regional entities.
The article addresses the possibilities for a methodological reassessment of the phenomenon of the thegns in England and Scandinavia in the late Viking Age (ca. 900–1066). The historiographical overview reveals that the thegns have never... more
Zakazana wiedza o słowiańskich pamiątkach z Retry znalezionych w Prilwitz (Przylwicach). Idole prilwickie uznawane są za fałszywki, podobnie jak kamienie Hagenowa, kamienie mikorzyńskie i wiele innych artefaktów ze słowiańskimi runami.... more
The article discusses the different variants of the short-twig runes in the early Viking Age with a special attention paid to the development on Gotland.
Tesch, Sten (ed.). 2017. THE SHIFT - Viking Age religious custom and Christian faith. A multidisciplinary perspective on the Christianization process in the Mälaren area (Sweden). Published by Artos förlag. Utgångspunkt för denna... more
The purpose of this study is to examine an Old Hungarian inscription that was recently found in the Altai mountain and was claimed to be over 2600 years old, which would make it the oldest extant example of the Old Hungarian script. A... more
[Norr, S., 1998. To Rede and to Rown. Expressions of Early Scandinavian Kingship in Written Sources. Occasional Papers in Archaeology 17. Uppsala, 253 pp., 4 plates. Monograph, ISSN 1100-6358, ISBN 91-506-1277-8.] The subject of this... more
This dissertation considers Viking Age Scandinavian inscribed runestones in order to determine their societal origins and the impacts they had on Viking Age religious cultural changes. The three types of monuments discussed are:... more
Finally, it can be said that the significance of picture stones throughout the centuries has undoubtedly been multifunctional and changing – as territorial marking, a memorial, preserver of oral tradition, burial site and religiously... more
In this article, the author attempts to sift out from Old Norse (ON) written sources the early Viking Age terms for ship types and to link them to actual ships and ship depictions from that period. The author argues that knǫrr, beit,... more
About the re-discorery of the Ydby stone and a summary of other lost and retrieved runestones in Denmark
Runic inscriptions have often been interpreted both from the internal information they provide or from the intention of the one that produced it. In the present article, the approach would be by reconstructing the stage of runicity, and... more
This dissertation discusses Roman imperialism and runic literacy. It employs an interdisciplinary terminology. By means of terms new to archaeology, the growth of a specialized language, a technolect, is traced until it enters the realm... more
Abstract This is a study of division of collaboration on Viking age and Early Middle age rune stones. For this study, a method for surface structure analysis by laser scanning has been employed. The aim with this method is to distinguish... more
This paper is being written mainly as a genealogy, but it does also contain much valuable information as to just why such genealogies exist and/or can be reconstructed with the right knowledge of ancient texts. It is also more evidence of... more
Amidst the many exotic mantic techniques, that are fashionable today, like the tarot, I Ching, and astrology, the runic oracle is, as part of our European cultural heritage, very popular. As with many others, if not all techniques of... more
The aims of this dissertation are to determine the extent and nature of runic literacy and use in Anglo-Saxon England. It will focus on the public uses of runes and the functions of these inscriptions, specifically examining the evidence... more
In English. The longest inscription from the Viking Ages is a sophisticated challenge to the mind. The rune stone was inspired by the contemporary Frankish renaissance, but as a counterpart it was converted into a pagan and runic... more
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