![]() ![]() The buildings’ construction, the finds related to the buildings, and the mythological ideas of the buildings are related to power struggle and power negotiations in the Iron Age societies. ![]() The power relations of the Scandinavian Iron Age society are in the thesis interpreted as expressed through the hall buildings and their placement in a both genuine and cognitive landscape. The thesis examines the ordering, control and utilisation of space expressed through the Scandinavian hall buildings c. The Scandinavian hall building was a constructional and social innovation which emerged sometime in the Early Iron Age most scholars agree that it occurred in the second half of the Roman Period. This thesis attempts to shed some new light on the centuries prior to these accounts, offering a model of an earlier manifestation of the god who would become the “alfǫðr”. As is well known, the later medieval literary sources often portray Óðinn as being the ultimate sovereign, ruling over other gods and earthly rulers alike. By means of this process, the study attempts to provide contextual insight into the relationship that seems to have existed between rulers and religion in pre-Christian southern Scandinavia. It subsequently seeks to address other related questions such as when Óðinn came to become associated with warrior-kings in Scandinavia, where this seems to have occurred, and how it might have happened, including an examination of the social and political influences that might have been involved in the development. By approaching sources critically and focusing on archaeological evidence, it looks specifically at how the deity developed within the said milieu and at the uses his cult may have served for those who worshipped him. This thesis is a study of the cult of Óðinn as it seems to have evolved within the newly emerging warrior-based aristocracy of southern Scandinavia during the centuries prior to the Viking Age. A series of large halls dating from the 5 th century onwards were intentionally destroyed by fire and contained the remains of several human beings. Further excavations have yielded quite a revealing picture of the building to the west of the small building. The special finds and structural elements, as well as the sequence of houses, constitute the remains of a very unusual Iron Age building. Subsequent excavation revealed a very complex sequence of layers, suggesting that a tall building with stave walls had been built and rebuilt in seven major stages. The remains of a small building were so well preserved that the ground plan could be established in detail. ![]() The occupation layers covered approximately 40 hectares settlement began in the 1 st century BC and ended in the 11 th century AD. The field work at Iron Age Uppåkra in southwestern Scania, the southernmost part of Swe-den, has improved our knowledge of a site that appears to be an important example of the Iron Age central places that have been identified in recent years. ![]()
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