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Rustningshandske 17 från Korsbetningen
No full textThe excavations of the mass graves from the Battle of Visby 1361, revealed besides alarge amount of human remains also a large amount of armour pieces. The numberof preserved armour pieces from the 14th Century are limited, making the findsunique. Since the number of preserved gauntlets are even fewer and because the historyof why the finds ended up in the mass grave is unclear, gauntlet 17 from themass graves became the focus of this study; with the creation of a constructiondrawing of the gauntlet as the end goal. X-rays of the corroded fragments were successfullyused to reconstruct the design of the individual parts of the gauntlet. Thedesign of gauntlet 17 largely resembles the other gauntlets from the Battle of Visbyfindings, but differs in several key details from the other gauntlets. There is a variationbetween all the gauntlets regarding the disposition and design of plates. It alsobecame evident that gauntlet 17 was broken. This is interesting in regard to the subjectof why the armour pieces were deposited in the mass graves
The prime movers of iron production in the Norwegian Viking and Middle Ages
No full textThe thousands of iron production sites scattered across the mountain and valley regions of Norway are testament to a massive surplus production from the latter half of the Viking Age throughout the High Middle Ages. Archaeological and historical sources indicate that this production was carried out by singular farms. Still, the amount of iron produced surpassed both local and regional demands and constituted a regional and interregional commodity in the period 950–1300 AD
Adsorbents for Pollution Reduction in Cultural Heritage Collections
No full textThis report discusses the basic principles and practical implementation of adsorbents, framing the information for cultural heritage environments
Undersökningar av Paracastextilier : dokumentation av gästkollegeprojekt
No full textSyftet med projektet var att undersöka och jämföra bevarandestatusen på Paracastextilier som förvarats i olika museimiljöer, i Sverige och i Peru, för att studera påverkan av ammoniakbehandlingen som utfördes på 1990-talet och att jämföra resultaten med de erhållna under tidigare undersökningar från 1990-talet och framåt. Dessutom var förhoppningen att utredningarna skulle kunna öka vår kunskap om det betningsmedel som användes i dessa gamla textiler, eftersom det fortfarande finns ett kunskapsgap om färgsystemen som används av de antika andinska kulturerna.
Utställningslabb : glömska
No full textRiksantikvarieämbetet experimentella och visionära projekt: Utställningslabb. I Utställningslabb bjuds utställningsaktörer från hela landet in till kreativa och kollektiva evenemang med syfte att utveckla utställningsmediet. Projekten kombinerar teori och praktik, förhåller sig till publika frågor och utgår från valda koncept. Varje Utställningslabb har ett särskilt tema, en plats, en gäst och ett medium
Small pieces of flint : mesolithic contact patterns on the Småland highlands in south Sweden
No full textThis text discusses a small assemblage of flint from an excavation of a Mesolithic site in the Småland highlands dated to c. 9.200 cal BP. Flint does not occur naturally in the area and the flint assemblage was brought to the site from the coast, about 45 kilometres to the west. The ambition of the study was to analyse a Mesolithic site with few and fragmented artefacts . By means of analyses of distribution patterns and detailed analyses of reduction processes and use-wear analysis it could be established that a variety of tasks had been performed at the site. The distribution of burnt flint together with there mains of a hut demonstrate that the site was spatially organized. Even though the number of flint pieces from the site is small, there are no indications that the find material is the result of short visits on the site. Instead, it is more likely a place that was used for stays of some duration. The use of non-local raw material indicates mobility and contact patterns that links present day west coast of Halland and south-east Scandinavia (Skåne and the Danish islands), with the Småland highland and the Markaryd area at the time of the settlement. The technological analys is indicates that stays in the inland lasted long enough to force the group to use and curate the flint tools in a careful way to make them last. But the visits were not so long that locally available raw materials, as for example quartz, had to be used. A general conclusion to be drawn from the result is that the number of lithic pieces in an assemblage, is not in proportion to the interpretative potential of a site
Nya aspekter på Fornsigtunas medeltid
No full textFornsigtuna’s Iron Age royal manor house and other buildings on the site were torn down shortly before AD 1000, and the place-name Sigtuna was transferred to the newly-established Christian town. From then on, the Fornsigtuna estate was cultivated by a royal bailiff and tenant farmers, occupying a new site with a cross-marked runic stone on display. Ruins of a medieval manor at Fornsigtuna are men-tioned by a few 17th-century writers. Up to now the search for this building has been inconclusive but its existence should not be ruled out until further investigations have been conducted
