#OpenAccess Wramler, A: "Naust i sikte. Spår efter en forntida hamnbebyggelse vid Albrunna på Öland." Short report on newly discovered #cropmarks on the Swedish island of Öland, interpreted as boat houses part of a harbour site. [in Swe] #Archaeology #IronAge #Medieval urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Ahlström Arcini, C., & Marklund, N: "Emergency care – in vain." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Short report with examples of head injuries on #IronAge and #Medieval skulls from Sweden. #Archaeology #Osteology #AncientSky

#OpenAccess Wallander, A. "Skifteskartor och äldre inventeringar som källor till kulturlandskapet och dess fornlämningar." [Eng sum. Land reform maps and older inventories of ancient monuments as information of the cultural landscape] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology #History #Cartography

#OpenAccess Hansson, A., & Hansson, M: "Timber use, timber trade and dendrochronological data in Denmark and Sweden in the medieval and early modern era." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... This case study show the potential of analysis using research databases #Dendrochronology #Medieval #Scandinavia #SEAD

#OpenAccess Fridell, S. "Till tolkningen av runpinnen från Staraja Ladoga." [Eng sum: Interpretation of the rune stick from Staraja Ladoga] A new translation of the 9th C #runic inscription found in Russia in 1950. #Archaeology #VikingAge #AncientSky urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Skoglund, G., & Monti, C. (2025). "First strontium isotope analysis of a heritage hemp fabric in Iceland." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Strontium isotope signals indicate that hemp fibers from the Icelandic fabric originated in France or Scotland. #Archaeology #Science #AncientSky

The new issue is out and #OpenAccess Timber trade, Icelandic hemp textiles, rune inscriptions, trauma care and more! www.vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione... #AncientSky #Archaeology #History #Medieval #HeritageScience

#OpenAccess Källström, M. (2025). "Runstenen U 115 i Runby och en senvikingatida stormannasläkt." [Eng sum: The runestone U 115 at Runby and a late Viking Age magnate family] #Runic #VikingAge #Medieval #History urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Gustaf Trotzig (2025) "Böcker i Birka." [Eng sum: Books in Birka] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Christian influence in the #VikingAge town of #Birka as seen through manuscripts as well as finds of book parts reworked as jewelry. #Medieval #Archaeology

#OpenAccess Hellgren et al: Bronsåldersliv vid en våtmark: Profana och rituella aktiviteter i Borstahusen, Skåne, under mellersta bronsålder [Eng sum: Bronze Age life by a wetland: Profane and ritual activities c. 1200–800 BC.] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology #BronzeAge

#OpenAccess Jes Wienberg, Jonas Monié Nordin och Martin Hansson recenserar tre nya avhandlingar av Jenny Nyberg, Charina Knutsson respektive Anna Andréasson Sjögren: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology #History #Sami

In 2009 an early 6th Century gold bracteate was discovered in Trollhättan, Sweden, with a #runic inscription around its border. In a short report (Swe) Staffan Fridell suggests a the last name should be read backwards. #OpenAccess #Archaeology #Linguistics urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Rosén, C.: "Kyrkan i Nya Lödöse: dess byggnadshistoria med några paralleller." (Eng sum: The Nya Lödöse Church: Building history and some parallels) urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Archaeological excavations of a 16th church revealed grand plans that had to be scaled down #Archaeology #History

#OpenAccess Andersson, H. (2025). "Medeltida kalkmålningar på Wanås slott." (Eng sum: Medieval wallpaintings at the castle of Wanås) urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Medieval wallpainting with biblical motifs were discovered in 2005 at the castle of Wanås, Sweden. #History #Iconography

#OpenAccess Gardeła, L., & Borake, T. L. (2025). "The Spur Goad from Herslev: tracing the Legacy of a Western Slavic Rider in Viking Age Denmark." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... On #VikingAge zoomorphic spurs and #Slavic iconography from Poland. #IronAge #Medieval #Archaeology

#OpenAccess #Archaeology Papmehl-Dufay, L., Karlsson Reinhold, L., & Ericson, P. G. P. (2025). En rovfågelsklo från Gamla Skogsby på Öland. [Eng sum: A raptor claw from Gamla Skogsby and what it reveals about the elites] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #IronAge #Osteology #MigrationPeriod

#OpenAccess Review (in Swedish) by Birgitta Hårdh of Claus von Carnap-Bornheim's "Kriegsbedingt zerstört – wissenschaftlich rekonstruiert: Die PrussiaSammlung aus dem Königsberger Schloss." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess #ShortReport Anna Tornberg: "Chronological perspectives on Scanian passage graves: new radiocarbon dates from Gillhög, Öllsjö 7 and Carlshögen." Evidence of burials in #Megalith #PassageGraves in Late #Neolithic and #BronzeAge #Sweden urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Happy Easter! In the latest issue Edberg et al use ICP/MA-ES analysis on the ceramic eggs found at Sigtuna and strengthen their origin to Kiev and Ukraine "Glazed ceramic resurrection eggs found in Sweden and their Slavic origins." #OpenAccess #Medieval #Archaeolgy urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Andersson, Adam: "The evolution of Oscar Montelius: a critical historiographical analysis on his academic legacy, and the influences that shaped his later research." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #OpenAcess #Archaeology #History On the impact that Kossinna had on Montelius' work btw 1910-1921.

Rundkvist, M & Wramler, A: "Vägnät och kvartersindelning på Stockholms malmar före 1600-talets stadsplaneregleringar." [Eng sum: Street networks and block division in Stockholm’s Early Modern suburbs prior to the town plan regulations of the 17th century] #OpenAccess urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Hennius, A. et al. 2025: "Järnframställning i blästugn: en uppdaterad kronologi." [Engl sum: An updated chronology of iron production in bloomery furnaces in Sweden] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Evidence of #IronProduction in late #BronzeAge #Sweden through 1250 14C-dates. #Archaeology

Issue 2025:1 #OpenAccess #Archaeology #History #Medieval #IronAge vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...

And for those with further interest in Dirhams I recommend this short note from 2024 in @fornvannen.bsky.social on “Dirham Background Radiation” 👇 raa.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...

Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien delar varje år ut ett antal medaljer för värdefulla och förtjänstfulla insatser och har nu utsett 2025 års mottagare: Tor Broström, Karin Helander, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa och Elina Antell. svenskhistoria.se/fyra-far-med... #svhist

Recensioner av "Erkebispegården ved Nidarosdomen" av Øivind Lunde och "The First Farmers on the Island of Bornholm" av Poul Otto Nielsen & Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen. urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Kort meddelande Odebäck, K. (2024). "Besynnerliga lämningar av sten: vända skålgropsblock, vallar och terrasser i Norvik." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

#OpenAccess Short report [Swe] Carlsson, T., Bergman, J., Vanhanen, S., & Palm, F. (2024). "Ännu en träkonstruktion i Alvastra källmyr." [Wood construction at Alvastra mire] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Mångvetenskaplig analys av en nyligen upptäck konstruktion nära Alvastra pålbyggnad

#OpenAccess Hänsel, P., Oehrl, S., Widerström, P., Ideström, L., & Munnecke, A. (2024). "The raw material preferences for producing picture stones on Gotland." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #IronAge #Archaeology #RockArt #Geology

#OpenAccess Skoglund, G., Suomela, J., & Wright, K. (2024). "Icelandic church embroideries on flax and hemp linen: local or imported bast fibers?" urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Paleobotanical analysis of plant origin of textiles at National Museum of #Iceland. #MiddleAge #History

Today the #midwinter sun entered Newgrange. In our latest #OpenAccess issue Nicklasson shines a light on the hidden women in 19th C antiquarian research. E.g. Louisa Beaufort who drew and wrote about the monument in 1828: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... [Swe/Eng sum] #Archaeology #WomenHistory

Kulturreservatet Stensjö by söker ny lantbrukare! www.vitterhetsakademien.se/kulturfastig...

If, like me, you geek out for #Viking metrology and particularly those weights (like the cubo-octahedral, oblate spheroid and lead-inset types) seemingly designed to work better with the weighing of increasingly fragmented hacksilver and dirhams of the 860s and 870s+, then do I have a book for you!

Continuing its exploration of #Christmas in the #Saga of the Earls of #Orkney, @ragnasislands.bsky.social notes that it is of course a time for family...and what else? blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasisland...

Fornvännen 2024:4 - #OpenAccess Ullén, I., & Hydman, H: "Bronsåldershästarna från Tågaborg i nytt ljus." (The Bronze Age horses from Tågaborg revisited) Compelling evidence that the #BronzeAge "horse figurines" were actually deer (cervids). [Swe/Eng sum] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology

Colorful beads were very popular in the early #medieval period, particularly during the 6th and 7th century. This necklace was found in the grave of a woman in Donaueschingen-Neudingen. It consists of more than 50 beads made of amber and glass. Dating ca 525-550 AD. 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Delighted to announce a funded PhD project in geoarchaeology/archaeobotany at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how.... The research will take place as part of the Brazil-UK project "Voices of Indigenous Amazonia" www.amazoniamaisdez.org.br/en/post/with...

Apply for this funded PhD with me, Selina Brace and Silvia Bello at UCL & the Natural History Museum: Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection. #ZooMs #ancientDNA #stableisotopes www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...

We've recently launched an online guide on the history of our library - feel free to take a look! ✨ It's all in Swedish, but with lots of photos. raa.libguides.com/vitterhetsak...

Fornvännen 119:4 is #OpenAccess: Articles on #BronzeAge animal sculptures, #IronAge Gotlandic picture stones, #Medieval textiles, and hidden women writers of #Archaeology. Reports on #Neolithic wetland finds, and cup marked boulders. Reviews. (Swe/Eng) vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...

Fornvännen Journal is now on BlueSky to help highlight the many great contributions to our now 119 year old publication, which was made Gold #OpenAccess this year. #Archaeology, #Medieval, #History, #ArtHistory, #Runes All of our issues can be found on the DiVA platform: raa.diva-portal.org

FORNVÄNNEN Journal is published since 1906. Articles, news, reviews on Nordic #Archaeology, #HeritageScience, #Medieval, #History, #ArtHistory, #Runes. Contributions in English, and in Swedish, Danish, & Norwegian with Engl. summary. #OpenAccess, #PeerReview vitterhetsakademien.se/publikatione...