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Nimura, C. & Skoglund, P. (2024). A Place with a View: Bronze Age Depositions at Smörkull in Southwest Sweden. Fornvännen, 119(2), 142-148
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Place with a View: Bronze Age Depositions at Smörkull in Southwest Sweden
2024 (English)In: Fornvännen, ISSN 0015-7813, E-ISSN 1404-9430, Vol. 119, no 2, p. 142-148Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, 2024
National Category
Archaeology History
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-131755 (URN)001250338200007 ()
Available from: 2024-08-15 Created: 2024-08-15 Last updated: 2024-08-22
Skoglund, P., Nimura, C. & Horn, C. (2024). 'Everything In Its Right Place': Selective Depositions in Bronze Age Southwest Sweden. Cambridge Archaeological Journal
Open this publication in new window or tab >>'Everything In Its Right Place': Selective Depositions in Bronze Age Southwest Sweden
2024 (English)In: Cambridge Archaeological Journal, ISSN 0959-7743, E-ISSN 1474-0540Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Hoards have played a significant role in our narratives of the European Bronze Age, but their purpose and meaning have been the source of much debate. These debates have been positively impacted by studies that investigate the ways in which hoards are connected to specific landscape contexts. In this paper, we discuss the outcome of one such in-depth field study of 62 Bronze Age metalwork deposition locations from the Swedish province of Halland. By systematically analysing digital sources such as museum archives, church records and historical maps, we were able to establish the locations of a number of previously unlocated finds, which were then visited in the field. Through this combined archival work and fieldwork, we distinguished several patterns that allude to a connection between metalwork deposits, object types and specific places in the landscape. These patterns shed light on the landscape context of hoards in this region and illuminate how deposition patterns changed over time; we consider some factors that may help to explain these changes. The results emphasize the importance of landscape studies for understanding the role of selective deposition in European Bronze Age societies, and more broadly, the social implications of hoards in their context.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2024
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-129139 (URN)10.1017/S095977432400009X (DOI)001206980900001 ()
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Available from: 2024-05-02 Created: 2024-05-02 Last updated: 2024-08-22
Skoglund, P., Ranta, M., Persson, T., Cabak Rédei, A. & Gjerde, J. M. (2023). A Narrative Turn: Human Agency in Rock Carvings at Nämforsen, Northern Sweden. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 42(4), 301-321
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Narrative Turn: Human Agency in Rock Carvings at Nämforsen, Northern Sweden
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2023 (English)In: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, ISSN 0262-5253, E-ISSN 1468-0092, Vol. 42, no 4, p. 301-321Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The idea to create pictorial narratives seems to have occurred long after humans learned to produce iconic images, that is, depictions based on visual similarity to external objects. In Scandinavia, e.g. in Gärde, Sweden or Stykket and Bøla, Norway, early Mesolithic images (e.g. rock carvings from before c.5000 BCE) often feature animals that are solitary or without suggestion of causal or narrative relations to other figures, although they sometimes are grouped by proximity or are superimposed on each other. Notable is also the almost complete absence of human figures. However, in subsequent Neolithic configurations (after c.5000 BCE), there are renderings of human agents involved in various forms of interaction with each other or with animals, often within distinguishable ‘scenes’ or compositions.

In this paper we outline the emergence of pictorial narratives in Scandinavian rock carvings. In particular, we focus on some of the first depictions of human agency as displayed in Nämforsen, Sweden (c.5000–1800 BCE). Further, we present an analysis of occurring human-animal relationships, interpretable as early attempts to create narrativizing images.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2023
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology; Humanities, History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-124159 (URN)10.1111/ojoa.12282 (DOI)001076623300001 ()2-s2.0-85172894581 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-09-08 Created: 2023-09-08 Last updated: 2023-11-01Bibliographically approved
Skoglund, P., Larsson, L. & Berg, A. (2022). Expansion and Abandonment in the South Swedish Uplands: A Study of Late Neolithic Monuments in Göteryd Parish. Acta Archaeologica, 92(2), 187-202
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Expansion and Abandonment in the South Swedish Uplands: A Study of Late Neolithic Monuments in Göteryd Parish
2022 (English)In: Acta Archaeologica, ISSN 0065-101X, E-ISSN 1600-0390, Vol. 92, no 2, p. 187-202Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A distinct concentration of 150 gallery graves dating to the LateNeolithic (2400–1700 BC) occurs in Göteryd parish in the SouthSwedish Uplands. This study investigates why such a concentrationof gallery graves exists in this region and why these werenot exchanged by new monuments in the Bronze Age. In orderto discuss these issues, the distribution of the monuments andthe stray finds have been analysed and correlated to the resultsof local pollen analysis. The results support the impression ofabandonment at the transition from the Neolithic to the BronzeAge. The processes of expansion and abandonment seem toreflect general population trends, as discussed in recent workson population dynamics. Göteryd parish is a highland regionand marginal from an agricultural point of view, but it borderson fertile and plain coastal areas, which are easily accessiblethrough river valleys. In periods of population growth, Göterydparish would absorb people from the coastal plains, a processthat probably was reversed when the population shrank. Thegeographical position of the Göteryd area created a particulardynamic and made it vulnerable to changes in populationdynamics, social networks, and climate.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2022
Keywords
Climate, distribution network, gallery graves, pollen analysis, population dynamics
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology; Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-116317 (URN)10.1163/16000390-12340006 (DOI)001050368600006 ()
Available from: 2022-09-17 Created: 2022-09-17 Last updated: 2024-02-09Bibliographically approved
Goldhahn, J., Westergren, E., Skoglund, P., Mire, S. & Labarakwe, S. (2022). Kenya’s Samburu warriors still practise a rock art tradition that tells their stories.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kenya’s Samburu warriors still practise a rock art tradition that tells their stories
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2022 (English)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117288 (URN)
Available from: 2022-11-04 Created: 2022-11-04 Last updated: 2022-11-21Bibliographically approved
Skoglund, P., Ranta, M., Persson, T. & Cabak Rédei, A. (2022). Narrative Aspects of Images of Spear Use in Scandinavian Rock Carvings. European Journal of Archaeology, 25(2), 176-195
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Narrative Aspects of Images of Spear Use in Scandinavian Rock Carvings
2022 (English)In: European Journal of Archaeology, ISSN 1461-9571, E-ISSN 1741-2722, Vol. 25, no 2, p. 176-195Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Researchers have long discussed whether Scandinavian rock art reflects narratives. Their interpretations have frequently been based on inspections of rock art panels combined with knowledge from ethnographic and historical sources. Here, the authors adopt a more focused narratological approach that takes the concept of (visual) narrativity into consideration and draws on studies by literary analysts, cognitive psychologists, and semioticians. Images of spear use in the provinces of Bohuslän and Östergötland in Sweden, given their diversity and indexical qualities, are well-suited to such a study. They reveal different kinds of indexical relationships, i.e. how the spears direct attention to possible targets, arguably corresponding to action scripts well-known to Bronze Age communities. Many spear images may be regarded as mini-narratives and mnemonic devices intended to represent schematized action sequences. The authors suggest that concepts such as iconicity, indexical relationships, scripts, and mini-narratives could be fruitfully employed in research on Scandinavian rock art and beyond.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2022
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-109451 (URN)10.1017/eaa.2021.52 (DOI)000735379500001 ()2-s2.0-85121400286 (Scopus ID)2021 (Local ID)2021 (Archive number)2021 (OAI)
Available from: 2022-01-18 Created: 2022-01-18 Last updated: 2022-05-09Bibliographically approved
Goldhahn, J., Labarawke, S. L., Skoglund, P. & Westergren, E. (2021). ‘I Have Done Hundreds of Rock Paintings’: On the Ongoing Rock Art Tradition among Samburu, Northern Kenya. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 31(2), 229-246
Open this publication in new window or tab >>‘I Have Done Hundreds of Rock Paintings’: On the Ongoing Rock Art Tradition among Samburu, Northern Kenya
2021 (English)In: Cambridge Archaeological Journal, ISSN 0959-7743, E-ISSN 1474-0540, Vol. 31, no 2, p. 229-246Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper, we discuss observations from fieldwork in northern Kenya whichrevealed solid evidence for a vital ongoing rock art tradition among warriors ofSamburu—lmurran. They make rock art during their lives as warriors, typicallybetween the ages of 15 and 30, when they live away from their villages, herdingcattle and thus representing a specific ‘community of practice’. Our findings revealthat Samburu rock art is made predominantly as a leisure occupation, whilecamping in shelters, as part of activities also involving the preparation of food.Typical images include domestic animals, humans (both men and women) andoccasionally wild animals such as elephants and rhinos. Each age-set and newgeneration of lmurran is inspired by previous artwork, but they also change thetradition slightly by adding new elements, such as the recent tradition of writingletters and names close to the images. We conclude that even though rock art assuch is not part of any ritual or ceremonial setting, it plays an important role as aninter-generational visual culture that transfers a common ongoing culturalengendered warrior identity through time.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2021
Keywords
Rock Art, Samburu, Kenya
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101096 (URN)10.1017/S095977432000044X (DOI)000641076100003 ()2-s2.0-85095846778 (Scopus ID)2020 (Local ID)2020 (Archive number)2020 (OAI)
Available from: 2021-02-11 Created: 2021-02-11 Last updated: 2021-05-24Bibliographically approved
Persson, T., Ranta, M. & Skoglund, P. (2021). Vilka historier kan hällristningar berätta?. Populär arkeologi, 16-19
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vilka historier kan hällristningar berätta?
2021 (English)In: Populär arkeologi, ISSN 0281-014X, p. 16-19Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-109422 (URN)
Available from: 2022-01-18 Created: 2022-01-18 Last updated: 2022-01-31Bibliographically approved
Skoglund, P., Persson, T. & Cabak Rédei, A. (2020). A Multisensory Approach to Rock Art: Exploring Tactile and Visual Dimensions in the Southern Scandinavian Rock Art Tradition. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 86, 95-110
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Multisensory Approach to Rock Art: Exploring Tactile and Visual Dimensions in the Southern Scandinavian Rock Art Tradition
2020 (English)In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, ISSN 0079-497X, E-ISSN 2050-2729, Vol. 86, p. 95-110Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper discusses rock art in southern Scandinavia as a multisensory format, where both sight and touch would have contributed to the comprehension of the images. From a structural semiotic point of view, we suggest that rock art can be construed as an organised set of features, such as visual and tactile elements, organised into heterogeneous unities with dynamic relations between elements that can change over time with respect to how they are experienced. We argue that in order to understand the rock art medium, it is crucial to take into consideration the multisensory interaction between the perceiver and the qualities of the rock art surface. The reason for including tactile elements in our interpretation of the conception of rock art is the way it was created: by hands interacting with tools and rock surfaces, as well as the spontaneous human tendency to explore the physical world through touch. One can identify key features in the images that would arguably facilitate tactile recognition, as well as be better explained from a multisensorial perspective. This includes the position of the images on horizontal outcrops, the moderate size of the images, the application of an orthographic perspective, the use of ‘tactile markers’ (ie crucial features having a strategic function for understanding images by touch), and the occurrence of incomplete images. A multisensorial perspective on rock art furthermore has semiotic implications. Incomplete images, for example, can be understood as indexical stand-ins for the whole imagined picture, ie as iconic indices. A multisensorial approach to Scandinavian rock art thus allows for new explanations for certain design choices, as well as a new understanding of how the images could relay meaning to a perceiver.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Keywords
Multisensory, Rock Art, Southern Scandinavia, Tactile Images, Semiotics
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101099 (URN)10.1017/ppr.2020.1 (DOI)2-s2.0-85098527073 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2021-02-11 Created: 2021-02-11 Last updated: 2021-06-14Bibliographically approved
Sabatini, S., Brorsson, T. & Skoglund, P. (2020). Clay, Burial Urns, and Social Distinction in Late Bronze Age Southern Scandinavia. In: Knut Ivar Austvoll, Marianne Hem Eriksen, Per Ditlef Fredriksen, Lene Melheim, Lisbeth Prøsch-Danielsen, Lisbeth Skogstrand (Ed.), Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age: Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott (pp. 233-246). Turnhout: Brepols
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Clay, Burial Urns, and Social Distinction in Late Bronze Age Southern Scandinavia
2020 (English)In: Contrasts of the Nordic Bronze Age: Essays in Honour of Christopher Prescott / [ed] Knut Ivar Austvoll, Marianne Hem Eriksen, Per Ditlef Fredriksen, Lene Melheim, Lisbeth Prøsch-Danielsen, Lisbeth Skogstrand, Turnhout: Brepols, 2020, p. 233-246Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Turnhout: Brepols, 2020
Series
The Archaeology of Northern Europe ; 1
National Category
Archaeology
Research subject
Humanities, Archaeology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101107 (URN)10.1484/M.TANE-EB.5.120596 (DOI)978-2-503-58877-3 (ISBN)978-2-503-58878-0 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-02-11 Created: 2021-02-11 Last updated: 2021-04-13Bibliographically approved
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