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Senaste numret av Fornvännen. Innehållsförteckning och abstracts till 2012:4

Högberg, Anders et al., 2012. Many Different Types of Scandinavian Flint – Visual Classification and Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence. Fornvännen 107. Stockholm. Sid. 225-240.
Proceeding from previously published studies of the provenance of southern Scandinavian flint based on visual classification and chemical sourcing, this paper presents a comprehensive study of flint provenancing. Existing knowledge of the appearance and geological origin of flint types is discussed and reappraised, and new chemical analyses of flint from 25 localities are presented. The results show that although there are certain problems in identifying the provenance of south Scandinavian flint using geochemical and visual criteria, in most cases these problems can be overcome. The study ends with a discussion of how the results of the study can be applied more broadly in future archaeological research.
Anders Högberg, Archaeology, School of Cultural Studies, Linnaeus University, SE–391 82 Kalmar. E-mail: anders.hogberg@lnu.se
Deborah Olausson, Dept of Archaeology andAncient History, Lund University. E-mail: deborah.olausson@ark.lu.se
Richard E. Hughes, Geochemical Research Laboratory, Portola Valley, California E-mail: rehughes@silcon.com

Toreld, Andreas, 2012. Svärd och mord – nyupptäckta hällristningsmotiv vid Medbo i Brastad socken, Bohuslän. (Swords and murder: recently discovered motifs on the rock-art panels of Medbo in Brastad, Bohuslän.) Fornvännen 107. Stockholm. Sid. 241-252.
Many new discoveries were made, chiefly in 2009–2010, during field surveys and documentation of rock art in Brastad parish on the west coast of Sweden. One valley revealed a particularly large number of violent scenes. For the first time in Northern Europe, representations of human figures were discovered clearly holding swords in their hands, as well as a scene of manslaughter. The images were probably carved during the Early Bronze Age (1500–1100 cal BC). In recent years we have seen tangible evidence that this was not a peaceful era. The discovery of the manslaughter scene opens up for the interpretation that combat scenes in Scandinavian rock art depict actual conflict.
Andreas Toreld, Stiftelsen för dokumentation av Bohusläns hällristningar. Vitlycke museum, Vitlycke 2, SE–457 93 Tanumshede. E-mail: andreas@hallristning.se.

Kalmring, Sven, 2012. The Birka Proto-Town GIS – A Source for Comprehensive Studies of Björkö. Fornvännen 107. Stockholm. Sid. 253-265.
The Viking Period proto-townsite of Birka on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren is one of the prime sites in Swedish archaeology and much research has been done on it. However, with time the amount of available information, the fact that the Birka research has no common research strategy and a bewildering output of publications have all made it difficult to define the current state and future perspectives in research. With the development of a proto-town GIS for Birka on the template of similar projects elsewhere, the state of research can now be consolidated, offering a point of departure for urgently needed syntheses.
Sven Kalmring, Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Stockholm, SE–106 91 Stockholm. E-mail: sven.kalmring@arklab.su.se

d’Agnan, Peter, 2012. Medeltida kustbruk på Gotland – pilotstudie (Coastal use on Medieval Gotland – a pilot study). Fornvännen 107. Stockholm. Sid. 266-276.
This paper summarises a pilot study carried out in 2010 as a part of theHarbour and fishing village project. The project deals with High to Late Medieval country harbours and fishing villages on Gotland. Such archaeological sites have not seenmuch investigation. 13 locations were investigated within the pilot study. Eight where proven to be older harbours or fishing villages, and five were of Medieval or earlier date. The paper summarises the pilot study, presenting three fishing villages and one country harbour that were investigated. One of the fishing villages differs from the rest through the presence of a small chapel. The location and continuity of these sites on Gotland are also discussed.
Peter d’Agnan, Centrum för Historisk Arkeologi & Byggnadsvård, Lokrume Utgård 391, SE–621 74 Visby. E-mail: info@chab.se.

Debatt

Forsgren, Magdalena. Om Härnevi och bronsålderskult: kommentarer till Leif Karlenby. Sid. 277-280.

Sundqvist, Olof. Var sejdhjällen (fvn. seiðhjallr, hjallr) en permanent konstruktion vid kultplatser och i kultbyggnader? Sid. 280-285.

Korta meddelanden

Gullbrandsson, Robin. Medeltida träkyrkofynd i Hakarps kyrka i Småland.Sid. 286-288.

Recensioner

Hansson, Joakim & Ranta, Heikki. (red.). Archaeology and History of Churches in Baltic Region. Symposium, June 8–12, 2010, Visby, Sweden. Anmälan av Jes Wienberg. Sid. 289-290.

Pétrequin, Pierre et al. (red.). Jade. Grandes haches alpines du Néolithique européen. Ve et IVe millénaires av. J.-C. Anmälan av Lars Larsson. Sid. 290-292.

Barnard, Alan. Social Anthropology and Human Origins. Anmälan av Anders Högberg. Sid 292-293.

Baudou, Evert. Oscar Montelius. Om tidens återkomst och kulturens vandringar. Anmälan av Timo Salminen. Sid. 294-296.

Askedal, John Ole et al. (eds.). Zentrale Probleme bei der Erforschung der älteren Runen. Akten einer internationalen Tagung an der Norwegischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Anmälan av Magnus Källström. Sid. 296-298.

Carlsson, Dan. Vikingatidens Västergarn – en komplicerad historia. Anmälan av Rune Edberg. Sid. 298-299.

Winroth, Anders. The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe. Anmälan av Alexandra Sanmark. Sid. 299-300.

Rundkvist, Martin. Mead-halls of the Eastern Geats. Elite settlement and Political Geography AD 375–1000 in Östergötland, Sweden. Anmälan av Frands Herschend. Sid. 300-302.

Jakobson, Felix. Die Brandgräberfelder von Daumen und Kellaren im Kreise Allenstein, Ostpr. Anmälan av Xenia Pauli Jensen. Sid. 302-305.

Stanford, Dennis J. & Bradley, Bruce A. Across Atlantic Ice. The Origin of America’s Clovis Culture. Anmälan av Lars Larsson. Sid. 305-307.

Olsen, Bjørnar. et al. (eds.). Hybrid Spaces, Medieval Finnmark and the Archaeology of Multi-Room Houses. Anmälan av Anna-Kaisa Salmi. Sid. 307-308.