Divergent Ways of Relating to the Past in the Viking Age
Julie Lund|Elisabeth Arwill-Nordbladh
The flexibility of material culture encourages phenomena to take a dynamic part in social life. An example this is citation, which can provide society with links both the past and connections contemporary features. In article, we look at diverging ways relating reinventing Viking Age, exploring citations ancient monuments landscape Gammel Lejre on Zealand, Denmark. Complementing placement monuments, attention also brought examples mortuary related bodily practices Viking-age dramas, such as those visible mound Skopintull island Adelsö Lake Mälaren, Sweden. Through these case studies, explore variability citational strategies found across tenth-century Scandinavia.
European Journal of Archaeology