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Senaste numret av Fornvännen. Innehållsförteckning och abstracts till 2011:4

Lindblad, Robin, 2011. Hällristningsyxor och deponerade yxor i bronsålderns Östergötland och Uppland. (Depicted and deposited axes in Bronze Age Östergötland and Uppland.) Fornvännen 106. Stockholm Sid. 281-289.
This study deals with Bronze Age axes, deposited and depicted on rock carvings, in Östergötland andUppland. It offers a new perspective on the symbolic meaning of the axes. I divide the axes into two categories: work axes (Sw. bruksyxor) and shafthole axes (Sw. skafthålsyxor). This resembles a more common definition; my main criteria however are the shafting and shape of the axes, rather than decoration and size.
Axes deposited in the ground and depicted on rock did not represent their entire range of practical use. More likely they represent some ideologically meaningful act associated with them. I argue that work axes were closely associated with ship building during the Early Bronze Age, and appear as signs on rock carvings symbolizing the divine or sacred origin of the ship and/or the journey.Work axes only appear on rock carvings from the Early Bronze Age in the areas studied here, and it is likely that their meaning had changed in the Late Bronze Age. My conclusion is that the work axe came to be associated with agriculture along with a larger change in ideology from the Early to the Late Bronze Age. Furthermore, bronze shaft hole axes were ceremonial objects and thus apparently had little in common with the work axes.
Robin Lindblad, Enheten för kommunikation och publik, Statens historiska museum, Box 5428, SE–114 54 Stockholm. E-mail: robin.lindblad@historiska.se.

Schneider, Michael, 2011. Broby – där hav mötte land. Ortnamnsbildning vid kommunikativa knutpunkter i järnålderns Uppland. (Broby – Where the Sea Met the Land. Origins of a Place Name Group at Communications Intersections in First Millennium Uppland.) Fornvännen 106. Stockholm. Sid. 290-305.
First millennium AD Uppland was a maritime society in a roadless land. Waterways were crucial due to the broken, marshy landscape. Despite that, we know little about communication networks during the Early Iron Age. A breakthrough on this issue could be achieved if remains of an ancient communication system could be identified among the place names.
It has generally been taken for granted that the first element bro- in the frequently occurring place name Broby refers to a bridge that took a road across an obstacle. However, the word bro formerly also signified a landing stage for ships. From the perspective of shoreline displacement, a pattern occurs which seems to reveal Broby sites as points of encounter between seaborne and land-borne transport. Analysed in relation to archaeological sites and paleaoenvironment, this place name offers a new understanding of communication and society during the Early Iron Age.
Michael Schneider, Timrågatan 74, SE–162 62 Vällingby. E-mail: michael.schneider@comhem.se

Gustavson, Helmer & Swantesson, Jan O.H., 2011. Strängnäs, Skramle och Tomteboda: tre urnordiska runinskrifter. (Strängnäs, Skramle and Tomteboda: Three Runic Inscriptions in Proto-Norse.) Fornvännen 106. Stockholm. Sid. 306-321.
This paper offers readings and interpretations of three runic inscriptions in Proto-Norse found in Sweden – two of them recently. One is from Strängnäs in Södermanland, the second from Skramle near Arvika in Värmland and the third from Tomteboda near central Stockholm. Fewer than 400 inscriptions in the Older Futhark are known. Thus publication is important even if the interpretations cannot always be conclusive. This is due both to our lack of understanding of the period in question and to damage the stones have sustained. To facilitate the reading, modern techniques such as laser scanning and digital analyses of the carved grooves have been applied. The linguistic background, leading to possible interpretations, is discussed.
Helmer Gustavson, Skestavägen 43, SE–163 51 Spånga, Stockholm. E-mail: margareta.gustavson@comhem.se
Jan O.H. Swantesson, Avdelningen för ekofilosofi,Karlstads universitet, SE–651 88 Karlstad. E-mail: jan.swantesson@kau.se

Viberg, Andreas & Wikström, Anders, 2011. St. Mary’s Dominican Convent in Sigtuna Revisited. Geophysical and archaeological investigations. Fornvännen 106. Stockholm. Sid. 322-333.
A ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey and an archaeological excavation of the buried remains of the Medieval Dominican convent in Sigtuna (Raä 30) produced new information on the ground plan of the convent and the condition of the buried structures remaining at the site.The site has hitherto seen surprisingly little archaeological investigations, and it is now over 30 years since the previous fieldwork. In addition to the foundation walls of the convent and adjoining structures, GPR also revealed an earlier building phase and a previously unknown lavatorium connected to the southern range. These interpretations were confirmed by excavations in September 2009. A suggestion as to the function of the various buildings, based on comparison with other convents, is offered.
Andreas Viberg, Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE–106 91 Stockholm E-mail: andreas.viberg@arklab.su.se Anders Wikström, Sigtuna Museum, Stora Gatan 55, SE–193 30 Sigtuna. E-mail: anders.wikstrom@sigtuna.se.

Nord, Anders G. & Tronner, Kate, 2011. Kemisk analys av fjorton medeltidskyrkors muralmålningar. (Chemical analyses of themurals in fourteen Medieval churches.) Fornvännen 106. Stockholm. Sid. 334-341.
Pigments have been analysed from murals in fourteen Medieval churches in the Swedish provinces of Uppland, Östergötland, Gotland and Scania. The murals date from the 12th–15th centuries and represent several known masters such as Albertus Pictor, Johannes Iwan, Johannes Rosenrod and the Passion Master. All murals contain the common natural pigments soot/charcoal, iron(III) oxide, ochre and lime (usually as a foundation). The 12th century murals add terre verte and gypsum, often also cinnabar, massicot, minium, atacamite, ultramarine and metacinnabarite. Over the centuries the palette expands. About 1500, Albertus Pictor replaces ultramarine with azurite and introduces lead-tin yellow and caput mortuum. Certain very rare pigments have also been identified, as well as recent ones from secondary improvements of the murals.
Anders G. Nord, Kevingeringen 10, SE–182 50 Danderyd. E-mail: andersgn@tele2.se.
Kate Tronner, Flädergränd 2, SE–187 73 Täby. E-mail: katetronner@gmail.com

Korta meddelanden

Gullbrandsson, Robin. Kyrkboden i Ingatorp – Sveriges äldsta profana träbyggnad. Sid. 342-344.

Wiktorsson, Per-Axel. Erikskrönikans diktare Tyrgils som skrivare och resenär. Sid. 345-348.

Lovén, Christian. Armställningen hos medeltida skelett – två skriftliga källor. Sid. 348-349.

Debatt

Trinks, Immo & Biwall, Anders. Lightning-induced Remanent Magnetisation as Plausible Explanation for a Geophysical Anomaly at Gråborg. Sid. 350-354.

Recensioner

Hagerman, Maja. Försvunnen värld. Om den största arkeologiska utgrävningen någonsin i Sverige. Anmälan av Ing-Marie Back Danielsson. Sid. 355-356.

Etting, Vivian. The Royal Castles of Denmark during the 14th Century. An analysis of the major royal castles with special regard to their function and strategic importance. Anmälan av Martin Hanssson. Sid. 356-358.

Ebbesen, Klaus. Danmarks megalitgrave 1:1–2. Anmälan av Lars Larsson. Sid 358-361.

Trinkert, Julia. Das Marienkrönungsretabel in der Kirche zu Källunge (Gotland) und seine mecklenburgische Provenienz. Anmälan av Lennart Karlsson. Sid. 361-363