Saami Archaeology in Sweden 1985-1990—An Overview
A short discussion of Saami archaeology, its history and definition is given, as well as the author's own demarcation of the subject. The period which is treated is 1985-1990. A brief comparison of the Nordic literature shows clear differences between the topical focus of the Norwegian, Swedish...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5f3843cf95904cf083c16de91c126d30 2023-05-15T18:08:06+02:00 Saami Archaeology in Sweden 1985-1990—An Overview Lars Forsberg 1995-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.1995.07 https://doaj.org/article/5f3843cf95904cf083c16de91c126d30 EN eng Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/1153 https://doaj.org/toc/1102-7355 https://doaj.org/toc/2002-3901 doi:10.37718/CSA.1995.07 1102-7355 2002-3901 https://doaj.org/article/5f3843cf95904cf083c16de91c126d30 Current Swedish Archaeology, Vol 3, Iss 1 (1995) Archaeology CC1-960 article 1995 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.1995.07 2023-03-26T01:30:18Z A short discussion of Saami archaeology, its history and definition is given, as well as the author's own demarcation of the subject. The period which is treated is 1985-1990. A brief comparison of the Nordic literature shows clear differences between the topical focus of the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish literature. Two main themes are considered as important and dominant in the Swedish articles: ethnicity and settlement history and pattern. It is suggested that the advance in the knowledge about Saami settlement during the Iron Age in the interior of northern Norrland is an important one. The discussion of Saami ethnicity is focuses mainly on the question of the population inhabiting southern Norrland during the Iron Age. There are suggestions that it is either a Saami or a Germanic population. In order to better distinguish between these two interpretations, increased knowledge about the settlement of the area during the Iron Age is badly needed. Article in Journal/Newspaper saami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Current Swedish Archaeology 3 1 97 104 |
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A short discussion of Saami archaeology, its history and definition is given, as well as the author's own demarcation of the subject. The period which is treated is 1985-1990. A brief comparison of the Nordic literature shows clear differences between the topical focus of the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish literature. Two main themes are considered as important and dominant in the Swedish articles: ethnicity and settlement history and pattern. It is suggested that the advance in the knowledge about Saami settlement during the Iron Age in the interior of northern Norrland is an important one. The discussion of Saami ethnicity is focuses mainly on the question of the population inhabiting southern Norrland during the Iron Age. There are suggestions that it is either a Saami or a Germanic population. In order to better distinguish between these two interpretations, increased knowledge about the settlement of the area during the Iron Age is badly needed. |
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Saami Archaeology in Sweden 1985-1990—An Overview |
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