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ISBN: 91-7402-307-1 (IV:1) ISBN: 91-7402-308-X (IV:2) ISBN: 91-7402-309-8 (IV:3) The Viking Age Artefacts from Gotland in Swedish and foreign museums are described. The material is sorted according to parish and findspot (church and churchyard; farmsteads alphabetically; bog finds; the parish without defined findspot). The inventory numbers are sorted in the following order: SHM, KMK, GF, other Gotlandic collections, other Swedish museums, museums outside Sweden. The find circumstances of the objects or complexes are given. The objects (with type numbers) of the most important categories are collected in 47 find lists (for instance, penannular brooches, dress pins, knives, swords, horse equipment, vessels). In a short word list the most important terms are translated from German into English and Swedish.

The Viking Age, Period VIII of the Scandinavian Iron Age, is here divided into four phases (VIII:1-4) for Gotland, and the phases dated c. 800-900, 910-990, 1005-1090, 1110-1200. The material culture of Viking-Age character thus overruns the border between the historical Viking Age and the Middle Ages. The Period-VIII artefacts are systematized into types and subtypes, which are described as to morphology, and assigned to their respective phases VIII:1-4. The morphology of graves, cemeteries and settlements, including trading places and harbours, is detailed. Certain phenomena such as Thing- and cult-places are discussed separately, as is Visby. Dress and weaponry are described from the evidence in inhumations and picture stones. Contacts between Gotland and its surroundings are commented upon under the heading Politics, Trade and Religion, as well as in a chapter on Gotlanders abroad and foreigners on Gotland. Relative chronology is demonstrated in relation to the cemetery at Ire in Hellvi and to the churchyard finds, and means of absolute dating are discussed. A final chapter provides a synthesis of the author's view of Gotland during the period in question.

The Viking Age, Period VIII of the Scandinavian Iron Age, is here divided into four phases (VIII:1-4) for Gotland, and the phases dated c. 800-900, 910-990, 1005-1090, 1110-1200. The material culture of Viking-Age character thus overruns the border between the historical Viking Age and the Middle Ages. The Period-VIII artefacts are systematized into types and subtypes, which are described as to morphology, and assigned to their respective phases VIII:1-4. The morphology of graves, cemeteries and settlements, including trading places and harbours, is detailed. Certain phenomena such as Thing- and cult-places are discussed separately, as is Visby. Dress and weaponry are described from the evidence in inhumations and picture stones. Contacts between Gotland and its surroundings are commented upon under the heading Politics, Trade and Religion, as well as in a chapter on Gotlanders abroad and foreigners on Gotland. Relative chronology is demonstrated in relation to the cemetery at Ire in Hellvi and to the churchyard finds, and means of absolute dating are discussed. A final chapter provides a synthesis of the author's view of Gotland during the period in question.

Inhaltsverzeichnis, Einleitung, Die Kirchspiele A-K. The Viking Age Artefacts from Gotland in Swedish and foreign museums are described. The material is sorted according to parish and findspot (church and churchyard; farmsteads alphabetically; bog finds; the parish without defined findspot). The inventory numbers are sorted in the following order: SHM, KMK, GF, other Gotlandic collections, other Swedish museums, museums outside Sweden. The find circumstances of the objects or complexes are given. The objects (with type numbers) of the most important categories are collected in 47 find lists (for instance, penannular brooches, dress pins, knives, swords, horse equipment, vessels). In a short word list the most important terms are translated from German into English and Swedish.

Die Kirchspiele L-V, Gotland (ohne nähere Angaben). The Viking Age Artefacts from Gotland in Swedish and foreign museums are described. The material is sorted according to parish and findspot (church and churchyard; farmsteads alphabetically; bog finds; the parish without defined findspot). The inventory numbers are sorted in the following order: SHM, KMK, GF, other Gotlandic collections, other Swedish museums, museums outside Sweden. The find circumstances of the objects or complexes are given. The objects (with type numbers) of the most important categories are collected in 47 find lists (for instance, penannular brooches, dress pins, knives, swords, horse equipment, vessels). In a short word list the most important terms are translated from German into English and Swedish.