The history of death is entangled with the history of changing social values, meaning that a
shift in attitudes to death will be consistent with changes in a society's world view. Late …

It is generally considered that cairns and stone constructions of different shapes and sizes
make up the grave monuments of the Late Bronze Age (1000–300 BC) in the province of …

The fiery transformation of the dead is replete in our popular culture and Western
modernity's death ways, and yet it is increasingly evident how little this disposal method is …

'Med et åpent blikk for vannets mangfold og skjønnhet, for vannlandskapenes enestående
karakter, for vannet som det evig pulserende, alltid med en retning ingen helt kan stoppe …

This study is the first to consider Sweden's enigmatic Kivik grave with its famous rock art
slabs in an agricultural and Indo-European context. Building on the work of archaeologist V …

Indo-European Fire Rituals is a comparative study of Indo-European fire rituals from modern
folklore and ethnography in Scandinavia and archaeological material in Europe from the …

The role of cats in Viking Age society is little investigated and has been dominated by
uncritical adoptions of medieval mythology. Based on literary sources, the domestic cat is …

This theoretical analysis of ritual, religion and processes of holiness and Indo-
Europeanisation examines how celestial and terrestrial perspectives are united in functional …

A RICHLY FURNISHED GRAVE from the migration period in Norway is our starting point for
a discussion of the impact of dress in life and death. The Sande farm is situated on the …

This paper discusses the results of new analyses of bones and finds from the famous Bronze
Age barrow at Håga near Uppsala. Despite its importance very few studies have been made …