Det medeltida Fårö: en empirisk studie av tre husgrunder på en medeltida ödegård
2009 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Medieval time on Fårö : an empirical study of three house foundations on an abandoned medieval farm (English)
Abstract [en]
The aim of the study was to through empirical studies interpret the relation between three partially investigated house foundations, on an abandoned farm in Langhammars on northern Fårö. This relation focused upon two main questions; the time of use and the spatial distribution of the archaeological finds.
Trough comparative analysis two of these houses can establish to have been contemporary, the third one is too roughly examined. A discussion about the hypothec idea of two or three contemporary farms was made with a negative result.
In house 1 smaller processing of tools of flint has taken place near the fireplace in the larger room. A concentration of pottery was also visible near the fireplace, likely to be connected to cooking and eating. The smallest room in the northeast part of the house could have functioned as a storeroom and/or held workshop activities.
The archaeological finds and the distribution of it, strongly indicates that house 1 mostlikely consisted of a dwelling house and house 2 functioned as a workshop; linked to activities with handicrafts. Furthermore the finds reveal the present of a smithy on the farm, maybe placed somewhere between the two houses.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2009. , p. 59
Keywords [sv]
Gotland, medeltid, ödegård, husgrund
National Category
Archaeology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-326OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hgo-326DiVA, id: diva2:300077
Presentation
(English)
Uppsok
Humanities, Theology
Supervisors
Examiners
2010-03-032010-02-242013-07-01Bibliographically approved