Helg Revisited A New Look At The Excavated Evidence For Helg Central Sweden Helen Clarke by Helen Clarke, Kristina Lamm 9783947386017, 394738601X instant download after payment.

Helgö, its archaeology, its evolution and the history of research at the site, occupy a central position in the discussion of the development of Scandinavia and the Baltic region in the 1st millennium AD. The site is synonymous with complex settlement structures and their use as arenas for political power and religious interaction, and with the far-reaching networks that shaped this epoch in varying intensity and orientation. Furthermore the archaeology of Helgö is exceptionally significant to the debate on the relocation of central sites, since it must have been the most important antecedent of Viking period Birka.

What has been lacking, however, is a summary of what has been achieved so far, a presentation of the essence of previously published material and the interpretation thereof. This is more or less typical of a great number of large-scale archaeological projects where various aspects have received treatment in highly informative publications, but no synthesis or comprehensive overview has been formulated. It was the express aim and pledge of the two authors of this volume to produce just such a monograph and to present it to an international specialist audience.