Author: Stjernquist, Berta ; editor:
Title: Prehistoric Graves as a Source of Information : Symposium at Kastlösa, Öland, May 21-23, 1992
Description: Stockholm, Kungl. Vitterhets Akademien, 1994. orig.wrappers, dustwrapper.. 22x15cm, 271 pp. Series: Kungl. Vitterhets, Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, Konferenser, 29.. Minor rubbing. Name on title-page. VG. ¶ Contains 21 papers in English or German. Includes: The Iron Age Graves on Öland: Representative of What?; The Chronology of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Spong Hill, Norfolk; Alter und Geschlecht: Aussagemöglichkeiten anhand des archäologischen und anthropologischen Befundes: Graves of Saaremaa in 400-1200; Der letgallische Krieger und Kaufmann in der Wikingerzeit; Certain Problems of Study of the Wielbark and Chernjakhovo Cultures Cemeteries; Die Tote und die lebende Kultur; Germans & Balts of the South Baltic in the Light of their Funeral Rites; Forschungsergebnisse auf den Bestattungsplätzen vorrömischen Eisen- und frü hrömischen Kaiserzeit in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Burial Practices - Grave Furniture & Burial Methods during the Roman Iron Age; Graves as Evidence of Christianization; etc.

Keywords: Scandinavian Archaeology, Iron Age Archeology, Sweden, Scandinavia, Medieval History, Funerary Rites, Grave Goods, Excavations, Burial, Antiquities