In the darkest of days exploring human sacrifice and value in southern scandinavian prehistory

Weitere Verfasser: Walsh, Matthew J. , [HerausgeberIn]
O'Neill, Sean 1969- , [HerausgeberIn]
Sørensen, Lasse , [HerausgeberIn]
Nilsson, Eva-Johanna Marie Lafuente , [MitwirkendeR]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford Philadelphia Oxbow Books 2024
Umfang/Format: xxvi, 118 Seiten, 41 Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme
ISBN: 9781789258592
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Parallelausgabe: ISSN: 9781789258608
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  • Foreword Rane WillerslevIntroduction. A view to a kill: Tracing human sacrifice through Scandinavian prehistory Matthew J. Walsh, Sean O'Neill and Lasse Sorensen1. Sacrifice in the Danish Neolithic Lasse Sorensen and Paul Otto Nielsen, National Museum of Denmark2. Attendant sacrifices in the early Nordic Bronze Age? Matthew J. Walsh and Samantha S. Reiter, National Museum of Denmark3. Bog bodies, rituals, sacrifice and value Mads Ravn, Vejle Museum4. The bog bodies of Denmark: Sacrifice or execution? A forensic medical and archaeological perspective on the Danish bog bodies Niels Lunnerup and Pauline Asingh, University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University5. Naked or clothed? Iron Age bog bodies and the value of clothing Ulla Mannering, National Museum of Denmark6. Six human skulls in a bog: Svennum - a first century AD sacrificial bog Sidsel Wahlin, Vendsyssel Historiske Museum7. Swedish wetland deposits Christina Fredengren, Stockholm University8. Wetland deposits in Norway Merete Moe Henriksen, NTNU University Museum9. Thrown stone for flesh and bone? 'White' stones in sacrificial context in Iron Age Scandinavia Matthew J. Walsh, Marianne Moen and Pernille Pantmann, KHM, Uio, Museum Nordsjaelland10. Human sacrifices and human remainsγ - the ultimate offerings? Pernille Pantmann, Museum Nordsjaelland11. A ceremonial centre for human sacrifice at Kaupang? Contemporaneous multiple burials correlate with increasing ritual charge Sean O'Neill, KHM, UiO12. Human Sacrifice in Old Norse Skaldic Poetry Klas Wikstroem af Edholm, Stockholm University13. Viking Age ritual killings: Sacrifice and similar Bo Jensen, Copenhagen University14. Regulated deviancy - ritual executions at Viking Age Tisso as indications of a complex judicial culture Mads Dengso Jessen and Jesper Olsen, National Museum of Denmark