John Ljungkvist: The process of making boat burials in Valsgärde Paadimatuste läbiviimine Valsgärdes

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With contributions by Sofia Prata
This presentation is based upon the old excavations of primarily the Vendel period boat burials in Valsgärde. Four out of five burials from this period were excavated in the 1930s. From the documentarion it is possible to follow how the quality of the documentation and the understanding of these types of graves evolved as the excavations progressed. However, in the 1930s, the boats and their objects were entirely in focus. The layers and the stratigraphy came in second hand even if it the documentation was far better than many excavations by this time. For example it means that we have no good idea about the construction, ritual process and covering of the boat graves. In this presentation, we intend to present interpretations of the boat graves on basis of stratigraphic analyses of primarily Valsgärde 5 and 13. It is possible to discuss not only how different objects were placed in relation to each other but also the preparations before the boats were was placed in the pit, how they were covered by wooden roofs, stone cairns and earth, and also how the trenches collapsed and affected the objects in these spectacular burials.
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The conference was supported by Enterprise Estonia from the European Regional Development Fund.
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Koostöös Sofia Prataga
See ettekanne põhineb suuresti peamiselt vendeliaegsete Valsgärde paatmatuste vanadel väljakaevamistel. Neli viiest selle perioodi hauast kaevati välja 1930ndatel. Dokumentatsiooni põhjal on võimalik jälgida, kuidas väljakaevamiste käigus arenes nii kirjeldamise kvaliteet kui ka seda tüüpi haudade mõistmine. Sellest hoolimata olid 1930ndatel eelkõige fookuses paadid ja nendel leiduvad esemed. Kihid ja stratigraafia olid teisejärgulised, isegi kui dokumentatsioon oli oluliselt parem kui paljudel teistel selle aja väljakaevamistel. Näiteks tähendab see, et meil ei ole väga head arusaamist konstruktsioonist, rituaalide käigust ja paadimatuste katmisest. Selles ettekandes püüame esitada paatmatuste tõlgendusi, tuginedes peamiselt Valsgärde 5. ja 13. stratigraafilisele analüüsile. Rääkida saab mitte ainult sellest, kuidas erinevad objektid olid üksteise suhtes paigutatud, vaid ka ettevalmistustest, mis eelnesid paatide aukupanemisele, kuidas neid kaeti puitkatetega, kivide ja mullaga, samuti sellest, kuidas kaevandid varisesid ja mõjutasid nendes matmispaikades olevaid esemeid.
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Konverentsi rahastas EAS toetusmeetmest Euroopa Regionaalarengu Fond.