Gold-foil figures and human skulls in the royal hall at Aska, Hagebyhöga, Östergötland

During the mid-first millennium AD, centres of royal power with large halls emerged across southern Scandinavia. No evidence for such sites, however, was known from Östergötland in south-east Sweden. Here, the authors present results from fieldwork at Aska near Vadstena, identifying the principal ma...

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Published in:Antiquity 2023-12, Vol.97 (396), p.1534-1547
Main Authors: Rundkvist, Martin, Löfving, Axel, Gustavsson, Rudolf, Heimdahl, Jens, Viberg, Andreas
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Ancient civilizations
Archaeology
Architecture
Carbon dating
Cemeteries
Excavation
Gold
Human remains
Millennium
Political geography
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Royalty
Sculpture
Second generation
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description During the mid-first millennium AD, centres of royal power with large halls emerged across southern Scandinavia. No evidence for such sites, however, was known from Östergötland in south-east Sweden. Here, the authors present results from fieldwork at Aska near Vadstena, identifying the principal manor of a petty royal lineage occupied between c. AD 650 and 1000. Excavations have revealed a 50m-long hall raised on a 3.5m-high platform and the largest known assemblage of small gold-foil figures from the first-millennium kingdom of Östergötland. Aska represents a ‘second-generation ruler’ site, similar in form and date to Old Uppsala, Borre, Old Lejre and Tissø, revealing Östergötland as an integral part of the political geography of early medieval Scandinavia.
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Archaeology
Architecture
Carbon dating
Cemeteries
Excavation
Gold
Human remains
Millennium
Political geography
Rites & ceremonies
Royalty
Sculpture
Second generation
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