The Soapstone of Norse Greenland
The article presents an overview of Norse Greenlandic portable objects of soapstone, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation (2009). An analysis of 1168 artefacts from six Norse sites and their comparison with soapstone artefacts from other parts of the Norse world is presented. The majority of the...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/16589 2023-05-15T16:26:51+02:00 The Soapstone of Norse Greenland Høegsberg, Mogens Skaaning Hansen, Gitte Storemyr, Per 2017-08 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/16589 eng eng University of Bergen UBAS - University of Bergen Archaeological Series urn:isbn:978-82-90273-90-8 urn:issn:0809-6058 https://hdl.handle.net/1956/16589 Attribution CC BY-NC-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Copyright the authors 9 207-224 VDP::Humaniora: 000 Chapter Peer reviewed 2017 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:38:59Z The article presents an overview of Norse Greenlandic portable objects of soapstone, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation (2009). An analysis of 1168 artefacts from six Norse sites and their comparison with soapstone artefacts from other parts of the Norse world is presented. The majority of the artefacts were vessel sherds and the analysis suggests that most vessel types of Norse Greenland have parallels in known types from Norway, Shetland and Hedeby. Two vessel types, one with straight vertical sides and one trapezoid, as well as one rim shape appear to be unique to Greenland. The analysed material also comprises e.g. spindle whorls, loom weights, mending patches, architectural details and even moulds for casting. Most of these artefact types are also paralleled in soapstone finds elsewhere in the Norse world. One area in which the Greenlandic material stands out is in the high frequency of various types of ornamentation on all types of soapstone artefacts. It is suggested that the Norse Greenlanders may have reproduced traditional motives in order to stress continuity with the past and the cultural connection with Scandinavia. Norges forskningsråd 210449 Universitetsmuseet i Bergen Tromsø museum - Universitetsmuseet NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet publishedVersion Book Part Greenland greenlander* greenlandic Tromsø University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Bergen Greenland Norway Tromsø |
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The article presents an overview of Norse Greenlandic portable objects of soapstone, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation (2009). An analysis of 1168 artefacts from six Norse sites and their comparison with soapstone artefacts from other parts of the Norse world is presented. The majority of the artefacts were vessel sherds and the analysis suggests that most vessel types of Norse Greenland have parallels in known types from Norway, Shetland and Hedeby. Two vessel types, one with straight vertical sides and one trapezoid, as well as one rim shape appear to be unique to Greenland. The analysed material also comprises e.g. spindle whorls, loom weights, mending patches, architectural details and even moulds for casting. Most of these artefact types are also paralleled in soapstone finds elsewhere in the Norse world. One area in which the Greenlandic material stands out is in the high frequency of various types of ornamentation on all types of soapstone artefacts. It is suggested that the Norse Greenlanders may have reproduced traditional motives in order to stress continuity with the past and the cultural connection with Scandinavia. Norges forskningsråd 210449 Universitetsmuseet i Bergen Tromsø museum - Universitetsmuseet NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet publishedVersion |
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The Soapstone of Norse Greenland |
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The Soapstone of Norse Greenland |
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The Soapstone of Norse Greenland |
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The Soapstone of Norse Greenland |
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The Soapstone of Norse Greenland |
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