It is not without a certain relief as well as pleasure that the second part of 'Excavations at Helgö' is now presented to the public. There is relief because with its publication a considerable part of the find material becomes available to scholars, and there is pleasure because the material presented in this volume is such that it will produce its effect by its very mass and not only through sensations in the form of Buddha figures and bishops’ croziers. Even without learned explanations the mere weight of the rich and many-faceted material now put forward should convey conviction that Helgö is a place to be reckoned with in the cultural history of Sweden.
The material presented in this volume covers the excavation seasons 1957-59 and constitutes an account of building Foundations III and IV with surrounding constructions. In broad outline the account follows the scheme worked out for Part I, but some simplification has been undertaken with a view to making the presentation more easily comprehensible to the reader.
Author(s): Wilhelm Holmqvist, Birgit Arrhenius (eds.)
Publisher: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien
Year: 1964
Language: English
Pages: 424
City: Stockholm
List of plates vii
List of text illustrations xiii
Preface / Wilhelm Holmqvist 1
Chapter 1. Building Foundation III / Wilhelm Holmqvist 3
Chapter 2. Special Descriptions. Foundation III / Agneta Lundström 20
Chapter 3. Building Foundation IV / Wilhelm Holmqvist 37
Chapter 4. Catalogue 59
Gold / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 59
Silver / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 59
Bronze / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 60
Iron / Agneta Lundström and Birgitta von Heland 70
Beads / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 133
Amber / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 136
Glass / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 136
Horn and bone / Inga Lindeberg 139
Birch bark boxes / Inga Lindeberg 140
Resin / Inga Lindeberg 141
Bread / Inga Lindeberg 141
Pottery / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 143
Clay / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 212
Smeltings and slags / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 213
Stone / Agneta Lundström and Inga Lindeberg 230
Chapter 5. Summaries concerning glass and pottery from the central building complex
Glass / Wilhelm Holmqvist 242
Pottery / Birgit Arrhenius 260
Plates 1-62
Plans and profiles 63-79
Explanation of signs: opposite Pl. 63
