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Bronze Age Håga and the Viking King Björn: A History of Interpretation and Documentation from AD 818 to 2018

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Famous yet forgotten, the monumental site of Håga just outside Uppsala is mainly associated with the Viking King Björn, though it is in fact the richest Bronze-Age grave in Sweden. The deceased was cremated and buried in an oak-log coffin, together with almost a third of all of Sweden's Bronze Age gold and gold fragments. This book presents 1200 years of interpretation and documentation of Håga, a site that will continue to fascinate and inspire archaeologists and the public at large for many years to come.

Author(s): Anders Kaliff, Terje Oestigaard
Series: Occasional Papers in Archaeology, 66
Publisher: Uppsala University
Year: 2018

Language: English
Pages: 210

Preface 11
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the History of Håga 13
Chapter 2: King Björn's Mound and Other Archaeological Remains at Håga: Oscar Almgren's 1905 Excavation Report 27
Chapter 3: Original Documentation from the 1902–1903 Excavation 75
Chapter 4: The Ritual Stratigraphy of the Håga Monument 91
Chapter 5: Håga in the Province of Uppland: Documentations, Excavations and Interpretations 109
Chapter 6: Håga in Europe: Culture, Cosmology and Contacts 125
Chapter 7: Funerals and Sacrificial Lower Jaws 141
Chapter 8: Human and Animal Sacrifices in Håga – A Comparative Perspective 155
Chapter 9: The "Hervarar Saga" or the "Saga of King Heidrek the Wise" – Texts and Contexts 177
References 197