Burial mounds as settlement indicators : archaeological and palynological investigations at Sangis, northern Sweden

• Main Authors: Ramqvist, Per H., Hörnberg, Greger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier 2015
• Subjects: cooking pit; forging; grave mound; permanent settlement; northernmost Sweden; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Sangis; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-112833

Grave mounds established during the 1st millennium AD in northern Sweden are common in central Norrland, up to northern Ångermanland. There are, however, two grave mounds located 350 km further north, close to the villages of Sangis and Espinära, that stand out as anomalies. These mounds rise questi...