My name is Amanda and I am an archaeologist. I have a great interest in questions regarding cultural heritage and how history is depicted. I live by the motto: ‘To move forward, one needs to look backwards. That’s why I dig downwards.’
My work as an archaeologist explores the fascinating history of the Vikings, but I have also become intrigued by the many colourful and compelling characters who made up the Vasa dynasty.
@dark_swan Thank you.
@DavidGi90745159 Cool.
@TheIteratedTri0 Thank you.
I hope you have had fun getting to know some of my historical "friends" and my thoughts on history and cultural heritage.
@Gzale @Arkeologmandis If you have any questions of what I have written this week, feel free to tag me and I come answering.
Next week @Gzale will take over this account and I go back to being just @Arkeologmandis.
The wood in this house have been dated to 1285.
All good things have to come to an end this is my last God natt-photo. It's from Älvdalen, Dalarna. https://t.co/IK1nM04zpw
@TheIteratedTri0 Imperialism is just one type. Looking at it archaeologically through 1000s of years, I think you can see variations.
@TheIteratedTri0 I agree with you. That's really what I mean with different types of colonialism.
RT @Magpie02045185: @sweden One of the many values of a good education is that it expands one’s mind and allows one to see the world arou…
@craigthomler No, but contacts and influences.
RT @ThomasIvar62: @sweden Völund the blacksmith from norse folklore found in Uppåkra: https://t.co/TQ0Zovu6nM
So far, I haven't been lucky to be able to make it real, so I don't know if it would work, but I can't help thinking about these issues.
I hope you understand at least parts of this. It's really what I would like to do as a PhD.
I want to focus majnly on burials for this one too. This because burial archaeology is so caught up in identities of the deads.
I wonder how much this is due to nationalism and the historical perspectives that come as a result of that.
And their Viking research is different than the Scandinavian one.
I want to draw parallels between Scandinavia and the British Isles. This because they have their own Viking research.
I also want to see if there's a way to see how the Vikings looked at it. There're evidences that they might have been more including than we
I want to study how this affects our view on how we look at the notion of culture.
While our perspective on the Vikings are concidered us, the Stone Age is built around European colonial contacts with non-Europeans.
This is also where another type of colonialism shines through.
This is why I find it good to be "tip-toeing around" in that time period after the Motala excavation I told you about yesterday.
There's only one time period for which it is discussed and that is for the Stone Age.
But it's still there and by not discussing it properly, it has become this elephant in the room.
In archaeology the term was extremely misused by Nazi-Germany and after WW2, no one has really felt comfortable with it.
However, it seldom throws skmething away.
Culture is an extremely complex term. It works like a sponge absorbing more and more definitions.
A bit it all comes down to the notion of culture and how we understand it.
However, I think we need to discuss different types of colonialism in regard to the Vikings. Imperialism is just one of them.
This makes them a great example of how older time periods might not have been so "regional" as you might think.
That Vikings had some colonial projects is nof something new. They travelled and settled in most parts of the world.
I saw the Christianization as a colonial situation and I wish to develop it, but in a slightly different way.
So what do I want to do in the future then? Well, in a way I will go through with my perspective fron my master.
I really find this intriguing, because it shows how our historical traditions shape the way we look at the archaeological material.
However, I did find some cremations where symbols that, if they had come in an inhumations, would have meant, the burial would be Christian.
Cremations are generally written of as Pagans, while inhumations are discussed as either.
Archaeologists have an easier time problematising the religious faith of inhumations.
Not least is this true in regard of cremations.
When they encounter a context that is different, they not seldom have trouble knowing how to relate to it.
This means that they have already a somewhat clear picture of what they're going to find.
I actually found that archaeologists often go into the material with what could be called prejudice.
However, when you start looking at it, it's not so easy.
During the Christianization the burial customs generally go from cremations with lots of artefacts and animals to inhumations without either
For case studies I chose 2 burial grounds in Northern Stockholm county: Norrsunda 59 outside of Rosersberg and Bro 40 outside of Bro.
This is a subject that too many people have had too much to say about during a too long time period.
For my masters I studied burial customs during the Christianization (c. 800-1200 AD).
I thought I should tell you a little about my research these last few hours of the week. Let's start with the one I have done.
@Konstigagubben I watch it from time to time and I like the characters and such. When it comes to the setting I usually laugh a lot though.
@G_Smurfen Yes, it seems like it. I just can't give you a clear opinion since I haven't got the knowledge about Kuf… https://t.co/v8lkwyHGgP
However, based on where the Vikings travelled and how much evidences there is for contacts, it wouldn't have surprised me, had it been true.
The thing is that I know so very little about Arabic Kufic writing, that I don't feel comfortable saying anything about the particular case.
I have got lots of questions about the writing on the Viking cloth this week and thought I should finally answer it.
It's snowing today. First snow of the season here.
God morgon! I'm starting my last day with giving you a photo of the great burial mounds in Gamla Uppsala. https://t.co/U2J1L0GXFd
@SarahHorvat Thank you.
This is a page from my field journal from the excavation: "Compact, greasy, black peat". https://t.co/nn57Msuter
The peat was difficult to handle and it worked like a sponge when it rained so your knees sank down in it and got wet.
Todag I say God natt with a test pit from Kanaljorden, Motala (Östergötland). https://t.co/hALe0kSFqd
I know it can be sensitive to some people to see real skeletons, so I recreated it in Lego. 😊 https://t.co/r58y2neU3A
@cymru88 You can found soe Swedish information here https://t.co/ibxdmJb651
At least som e of them seem to have been placed on sticks and one had brain tissue left inside.
What Kanaljorden is most famous for are the human skulls found on the stone packing.
The peat bog is the part of the site called Kanaljorden. The other 2 parts are called Verkstadsvögen and Strandvägen.
In the peat bog was a stone packing found with some artefacts, some animal bones and the body of a human baby.
Besides settlement remains, there are also some burials and depositions in what was then a lake and what is nowa peat bog.
I was partly involved in this in 2010 and 2013.
This was excavated throughout a couple of years by @Arkeologerna1 and Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård.
In Motala a new railway was to be built and archaeologists then found a settlement from the Mesolithics.
Another, for us today, pretty gruesome archaeological discovery was the one at the Kanaljorden site in Motala.
RT @BengtAxelsson: @sweden Vitlycke in Bohuslän.
@sandbyborg There are also indications of glass production which would be the oldest known example in Sweden.
@sandbyborg These seem to have been victims of a brutal massacre.
@sandbyborg Sandby norg is ond of Öland's many Iron Age fortresses and when there were some indications of plunder,… https://t.co/eS6qIlpEGy
@sandbyborg I'm not involved in the project, but have the permission to talk about it. Questions I direct to… https://t.co/9coOEwEuSW
One archaeological project I find very interesting is @sandbyborg on Öland.
RT @Palomaberggren: @sweden @historiskamuse Historiska museet i Lund, Etnografiska i Stockholm, @worldcultureswe och Glyptoteket i Köpenham…
@Livrustkammaren is another museum I like and they have the funniest Facebook page ever! https://t.co/Ry7Y9FJx79
@chromium0818 The breathing in? I'm no language expert, but why say it, when you can breath it? 😊
Yes it is. https://t.co/7hX4HYWUrJ
RT @kirunabilder: @sweden LKAB museum in Kiruna. 540 meters below the ground. https://t.co/0TxlYJzuTt
RT @ThomasIvar62: @sweden Uppåkra och fynden som finns på Historiska Museet i Lund: https://t.co/yVyFBtM5qI
Silvermuseet in Arjeplog is a great museum too https://t.co/Z7IXnNr8gj
RT @ThatNuttyFanboy: @sweden The Sami museum in Kiruna.
You can also find this guy there. The sign says he's a Roman army officer, but I think he looks like Cher! Ping… https://t.co/tpCEXSWXnC
I really like Medelhavsmuseet's Egypt exhibition. https://t.co/OlVt9q9K5e
Another, a bit unexpectedly, great museum is Falbygdens museum in Falköping https://t.co/s92SMtMjF3
RT @JeroenXVos: @sweden I always liked the mineral museum in Långban, coppermine in Falun and Eketorp museum on Öland to name but a few.
You beat me to it. @KultureniLund is another very nice museum https://t.co/sXYSyR26f2
They have also managed to summarize the Viking Age in a small room. If you who have done it see this: You don't have to apologize! I ♥️ it!!
It's very small about the ritual depositions in what was a bog during prehistoric times is amazing.
One very small, but amazing local museum I wish to recommend here is the museum in Skedemosse on Öland. https://t.co/otDJ4y1ZDT
@kalmarmus came up earlier this week and deserves a place here too. ♥️
I like @stadsmuseetgbg https://t.co/jpxQVEwjO5 Their new exhibition about 17th century Göteborg is absolutely beautiful.
Away from Stockholm I like Flygvapenmuseet in Linköping. https://t.co/QcIqWXwFqt their exhibition about the DC3 plane is amazing!
And then @nordiskamuseet https://t.co/Lt2yVc1R4G and @Skansen https://t.co/BLNXsMlpiB also in Stockholm.
Another one I enjoy is @historiskamuse https://t.co/QRdrIiYgHi
@JJavierMun @Vasamuseet Yes. It sounds quite boring when you describe it. 😁
Many people have said it, so I start with @Vasamuseet. It really is a wonderful museum. https://t.co/70z7VlRgVV https://t.co/OLE3kL8rwd
@PeopleOfFinland @muhmt @Netherlanders Why would I not be able to have many best friends? Finland and Sweden share… https://t.co/cyOeVV8E03
You don't have to sah Swedish ones, but in general. 😊
Today I thought I should share Swe museums and some archaeological projects that I find interesting. But I have to ask what are yours?
@frandobagel I'm fine thank you. How are you?
God morgon! ♥️
God morgon!
@Netherlanders ❤💛💜♥️🇳🇱🇸🇪
@Netherlanders Absolutely.
@Netherlanders And I tweeted some love back.
@ExilSchlangi I'm only here this week. On Sunday I hand it over to another Swede.
@ExilSchlangi Of course I did. I have taken almost every picture I've shared.
@ExilSchlangi Thank you.
God natt. Of course today's photo had to be from Sigtuna. This is Saint Olof church ruins and not taken today. https://t.co/sk9KrpJFIX
@lakefxdan I have no idea. It's also called "bethacka" (beet hack)
This is what the otter picture says. https://t.co/7YXmEVYwWD
Then last, bug not least my own trowel ("My precious!"). Complete with mud thaf can't be washed away apparently. ❤ https://t.co/YhYomnqdwf
The bottom 2 (sorry for the blury one to the right) is a sieve to sieve the mud/soil to see if there are some artefacts hidden in it.
Gotlandhacka to scrape up mud/soil.
Spades to dig/scoop up soil/mud.
Wheelbarrow to haul away the mud.
The ones to the left (up-down, left-right): A bailer to scoop up soil/water.
I don't know all the name's in Eng, so I'll use the Swe terms there. The big one to left is a "fyllhammare". Used to chop bigger stuff.
Here's some of the tools archaeologist use. The 2 on the bottow to the right are the same things. https://t.co/yD990fKFbF
The text on this says: "Styrbjörn had the stone erected after Sigsten, his father, Holmsten's brother."
Thanks! Here's U410 (Sigtuna 72) which is also close by to the excavation site I visited today. https://t.co/dEb39Ext1d
@carwash I haven't been able to find it now, but Sigtuna muncipality had great folders of the runestones in the mun… https://t.co/uZxK1jJyGk
@carwash Yes, but I couldn't find a photo of it on my mobile and I'm a bit unsure of what photos I can use or not.
Yes, my fredagsmys tonight. https://t.co/RLkt5wK9T7
Friday night! 💙🍾🎂🍰🥂🍷🍸🍹🍻🍺🎉🎊🎈 https://t.co/j5CX0z7Zws
"Trattisar" https://t.co/9yWtMRHfk0
@yacinovic34 @carwash It's outside of Sigtuna
@carwash U411 was an added bonus since I knew it was close by and it's always good to have rune stones. 😊
Well, the rune stone number's is an identification that I normally go by. https://t.co/XigL6LGQzC
@AliceAmerling Read the whole thread and you have some answers. 😊
@yacinovic34 I have no idea. I'm not part of the project. I just visited as part of a guided tour.
The text says: "Ilturi had this stone erected after Siggeir his father. God help his soul."
Close by is the runestone U411 (My photo is not from today & top's missing.). https://t.co/ckcddq2GOm
It's in Swedish unfortunately, but you can find their blog here: https://t.co/dbRMA4yyjb
I asked kindly if I could share it with you all and they said I could.
I really get an energy boost from just visiting excavations. I feel like I could excavate a great mound all by myself right now.
They have also found a pile of this type of grinding stones underneath a stone packing. https://t.co/otxGXyWC2D
A quartz bead that might come from somewhere East of Sweden. Beads are placed in bags with water after they are fou… https://t.co/4ilcVg5UO3
This eggshaped stone was found in the cultic area. https://t.co/ovZVMrlcGg
They have found fishing hooks. https://t.co/axqbgLupHS
@Arkeologerna1 Fitting for a Friday, they have found lots of barley & hop in the remains of a stove. Probably they… https://t.co/u8qojZ8lFQ
@Arkeologerna1 At the settlement they have some houses and what seems to be an area for cultic activities (seen in photo 3)
Sigtuna's said to havd been founded by king Erik Segersäll in the later half of the 10th century.
One of the questions the archaeologists are working with is how it can be related to Sigtuna.
@Arkeologerna1 It's built on a plateau that has been enhanced with stones. The location indicates an elite milieu.
The remain is a settlement with phases form the late Iron Age and Middle Ages.
Today I visited the excavation of the remain called Sankt Olof 14 in Til outside of Sigtuna. https://t.co/oLhppvsv4O
As a Friday treat I will tell you about an excavation outside of Sigtuna tonight. This is a posthole sneak peek. https://t.co/yjaDrzjkLa
Good morning! Hope you have a nice Friday.
Gunnar Asplund was the architect and Ivar Johnsson made the Iliad reliefs you can see a small piece of in the bottom left photo.
Today I say God natt with the public library in Stockholm that I visited today. I love the building! https://t.co/KxCBJuwJt3
@itsmolly https://t.co/fZr7kewT6T Here's a list. 😊
@Palomaberggren Tack.
@linde_charl @AmandaRinquest How bad of her. 😊
@AmandaRinquest @linde_charl You're the one who's supposed to be celebrated. Others should bake one for you. 😊
@DagensNamn Tack! 😊
There's a Swedish author named Erik Johan Stagnelius who wrote love poems to an Amanda. https://t.co/FpnLCDaIwL
@AmandaKendal Of course. Congratulations.
@AWollstad Grattis på namnsdagen.
My name day cake #Amandacake https://t.co/jFEL4Nznmt
@MartinJHannon @0xJoao Sergel's torg is being renovated though.
@LarssssBe Good to know.
I probably should add that it's been like this for years. I often wonder if I'm the only one who has ever noticed. 😊
This is an unexpected thing that make me smile in Stockholm. I wonder if it was misbehavior on purpose or not. https://t.co/omWpXEndEY
@_kvlv I think Moomin counts very well. Tove Jansson was part of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland.
I love the creative names on the SL's commuter trains. They are given by preschoolers. Today I took "the rain flag… https://t.co/s5mFlj5NsC
@_kvlv Read books and watch films/TV shows. Start with the ones for children. They have easiest language.
@olythedolly Obviously! 😊
@sinitsin37 @kameramannen Det är en del, men inte så farligt som jag trodde.
@ItsJohannaaaa Tack!
@tallboy199 Tack!
@FinnishPaleface @vemihelvete Well, how much do Swedes in general really celebrate does?
@dstergiou Congratulations!
@awasielewski Congratulations!
@egostrum @vemihelvete @FinnishPaleface Yes. It's the Romans who are said to place christmas where it is today. The… https://t.co/vvzme7RgXu
@egostrum @vemihelvete @FinnishPaleface I think it would have to be. Ours are connected to a pagan celebration around the winter solstice.
@PLinstStockholm @stfn Thank you.
@PLinstStockholm @stfn Very interesting.
@lazycuttlefish Tack! ❤
@vemihelvete @FinnishPaleface Yes, the Scandinavian languages I've heard are the only ones with a word for christma… https://t.co/UG4hZ7P0rk
@AbuBabuAlUSA Thank you.
Anyway, today is mine. The calendar says Amanda. 😊
Why it is left in Sweden which has been a protestant country since the 16th century and today is the most secular one, I have no idea.
Apparently this is a Greek-Orthodox and Roman-Catholic tradition going back to their tradition with Saint's days.
In the Swedish calendar almost all days have at least one name which celebrate its so called Name Day.
God morgon! Have a nice day.
@justanyone Yes, it means The Pig. She chose it herself. I named her sirap (syrup) because of her colouring.
@mattsiegel @Skoklosters It is.
@mattsiegel @Skoklosters Great.
@mattsiegel @Skoklosters Lots of them are and the towers are much brighter. They had clothes from the Jane Austen f… https://t.co/gumm5qQ1KS
@rpwhaite @HakluytSociety I love Durham. Was there a couple of years ago.
@mattsiegel @Skoklosters Btw. I think the many windows are to provide light.
@mattsiegel @Skoklosters In a way yes, but for building antiquarians and such it's awsome! 😊
@Netherlanders Yes. 💜
@Netherlanders Sending you some love. 😊
@mattsiegel @Skoklosters It's very beautiful, but it was never finished. The owner, Carl Gustav Wrangel, died, so the workers just left.
God natt everyone! Today's good night photo is Skokloster slott in Uppland. https://t.co/XwPDE1eJDd
@jeanettearon @ulrikakarnborg It was such a contrast to what I had heard before.
@jeanettearon @ulrikakarnborg I was like 16 when the Gustav Vasa one came and I got it from my mum because I loved… https://t.co/8ZPgPTI6xc
@jeanettearon @ulrikakarnborg I will. I love his books about the Vasa kings.
@vasinvero Good. She's been a friend for very long.
@JIngegerd (To be honest I have always consider Plupp gender neutral, but I have no idea what the Eng version of "h… https://t.co/u5NClFQEir
@EmilGillberg @devinher They are yes.
@smurfatik That's great, have you looked into TV shows/films as well?
I think that would be great since children's literature often uses simpler language. https://t.co/uqA6fTeiPB
@_MarxZuckerberg Great!
@Maebhcon No, when you did deeper, you havd to remove a lot of soil obviously. We wouldn't see anything otherwise.
@Maebhcon The one like in the middle? No, we scrape up soils on it to take it away. No idea of the English word, but "fyllfat" in Swedish.
I think that's the only time I have really questioned my choice of profession.
I gave up when I felt water sipping into my boots.
I stood in a deep well and had water rising up bellow me and pouring down from above.
Most of the summer, the weather was fine, but the last couple of weeks it started to rain. One day was absolutely terrible weatherwise.
The things in photo 3 are one weaving loom tk the left and two grindjng stone.
Aming others, we found a couple of horse shoe-shaped huts like in photo 1 and I also found the things you see in photo 3.
We excavated an Iron Age settlement that had a Stone Age settlement mixed in.
Rainy days like these I always think about my first rescue archaeological excavation in Hulje outside of Mjölby in… https://t.co/YxXNYoIkVW
@AnnSjstrm Good!
@logangamble Very sweet.
@EsmeraldaLately Ah! Mio min Mio is the original title.
@EsmeraldaLately Which one? I talk about many books.
The Valhalla series by @JohanneH is another favourite Swedish historical fiction of mine. https://t.co/jrmEamfb5s
@ulrikakarnborg It's about Axel Oxenstierna and Sweden in the 17th century. I'm not done yet, but so far I like it.
@ulrikakarnborg I was at a lecture at @historiskamuse on Friday and she signed it from one history nerd to the othe… https://t.co/SQ0RHOn5xs
I don't read much children's books these days, but I do read lots of historical fiction. I've just started this one… https://t.co/TzhX4sClWR
@CapriciousNest @svt Do so. It's Ika Nord and Ingvar Hirdwall. Really lovely. A bit overlooked of the julkalenders.
@dericko1986 Yes. How sweet! Grisen says hello too. 💚
@pete_v In one book it's explained thaf he came to Pettson in a box that said Findus green peas. 😁
@CapriciousNest @svt Yes it is. I find it much better as live action, but I wasn't the main target when it came. J… https://t.co/ZUL4n1k74s
Thank you. It went a bit fast Pelle Svanslös has no TAIL and is bullied for it. 😊 https://t.co/La53hVrDPt
Hi Findus! ❤😊 https://t.co/U6d5r66tA6
@zityoka @svt The dvd is younger, but like with Salve, I felt I wanted my favourites on dvd.
I have the julkalender that was made for TV in 1993 about Pettson building a Santa Claus for Findus. It's one of my… https://t.co/CDXGCBZWdT
@davidbrax Yes, that one is amazing too.
Of course. That's important. https://t.co/4iGN6G2zvl
The pictures in the books (Sven Nordqvist is the author.) Are so beautiful. They are really detailed and you always find new stuff in them.
Pettson is a man who lives with his cat Findus and a couple of hens in the countryside. https://t.co/s6ECxMM6px
Laban is a child ghost at the castle Gomorronsol. What's special is that he's born jnto a ghost.
He, Loranga and his son Mazarin and his father Dartanjang gets into absurd adventures. They ride on a girafe and have tigers in the garge.
Loranga, Masarin & Dartanjang is seriously so absurd that I don't know how to make it justice. It's about an extremely childish father.
Pelle Svanslös is about a cat in Uppsala who is bullied because he has no tale.
For example, he hits a boy and feel there's a monster under his bed until he apologize to the other boy in one.
Alfons Åberg lives with his dad and the books are used to explain difficult concepts to children a lot.
Plupp I told you about. Bamse's a bear who eat dunder honey to become the world's strongest bear. He helps others a… https://t.co/g47DPASYkB
There's a Scandinavian-English-Russin film where Christian Bale plays Mio's friend and Christopher Lee is Kato.
He travels to Landet i fjärran to meet him. He then most defeat the evil knight Kato.
Mio has a lot of similarities with the Harry Potter. He lives in a mean foster family in Stockholm, but then learns his father is king.
It's a very good book that explains the concept of death and afterlife to children.
Bröderna Lejonhjärta's about 2 brothers who die & go to the land Nangijala. There they have to fight the evil dictator Tengil & his dragon.
Ronja's a Romeo & Juliet story about 2 groups of macho men depicted as childish idiots who need to be kept in check by the women & children
Never underestimate her based on her frilly dresses! She walks on roofs and jumps out of them with umbrellas (They do it in the war!!!)
Madicken is a 7yo girl growing up in a wealthy family in WW1 era Sweden. She's bpth a tomboy and a girliegirl.
So lets talk about my favourites a bit more. Pippi you know already, but Astrid has so many other great characters. https://t.co/6RLaBlUdwr
Pettson is a real favourite of mine as well.
Yes. Well, the preference for Donald above Mickey is said to be Scandinavian so I think it counts a little. https://t.co/KrUJJTmxNQ
@karynafish Oh! My mum and I often quote the rhyme Lasse/Bosse makes when the eat christmas dinner in the Noisy Village one. I love that.
Then I liked Plupp of course. And Bamse, Alfons Åberg, Pelle Svanslös, Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang and Spöket Laban.
Here comes a list of my favourites: By "Astrid" it's Madicken, Ronja rövardotter, Pippi, Bröderna Lejonhjärta and… https://t.co/p90gYVLl5y
I assumed she would come up. 😊 Do you know any other of the Astrid books? https://t.co/sD161H0QEJ
Maybe we can talk about children's literature? Which Swedish ones do you non-Scandinabians know of?
Plupp is a leprechaun with blue hair. He's invisible to humans, but he can talk to animals.
Is Plupp known outside of Sweden/Scandinavia?
I just read that the Swedish artist and author #IngaBorg died. She wrote the books about Plupp. I loved those as a kid. ☹
Yes. The problem I have is that it's just for iphones. ☹ https://t.co/Ouv7cny597
@Cintamani_ @PeopleOfFinland @GoVisitDenmark I do. Thank you. 😊
Nice book choice. I'm honoured. https://t.co/wjdtAQvCV5
@HerringAndChips Really a gullegris! ❤
@HerringAndChips Well Gullegrisen is an endearment in Swedish.
@HampshireLawyer I think it would be worse for her sake. Grisen is nice, but she has powerful claws. Gabby is very sweet though. 💛
@deadgerhardts How lovely.
@PeaceWestrin Griskatter are the best.
Explanation for my cat's name can be found here. https://t.co/9m4et9kvjk
@pedershk She wanted to be called that herself. Originally it was Sirap. My cousin called her Grisen once and she a… https://t.co/pG5KBZeJkZ
This is my cat. Her name is Grisen. ❤ https://t.co/gNZi7LoaEQ
@MutheloMP Can you really be sure about that? We might be more similar to people living AD500 then we think. 😊
@debattistaaaron Thank you!
@carwash @raa_se It's good in other ways, but not when you want to find just ancient remains.
@FinnishPaleface I hope the rest of the day is then. 😊
@trollnystan @raa_se Well, it's out there anyway.
@raa_se Maybe there's a reason for it, but I often feel like the descriptions for how to find excavation areas is generally vague.
@burgotastic Then you learned something. 😊
@raa_se It's a good information to have of course, but wouldn't it also be useful to include the number, so people… https://t.co/yP8IkCscAI
Often when excavations are having guided tours, they say where to park the car only, but there's often some walking involved as well.
If you're looking for one in particular or you just want to check what's around you, you can find it here: https://t.co/bnp13FdDIu
I don't know if you know it, but all ancient remains in Sweden have a number.
One thing I seriously miss when excavations are having guided tours are informations of the number of the remain being excavated.
Good morning/God morgon! Hope you have a nice day!
@ThomasIvar62 He did a whole of a lot more.
The statue was made by Anders Zorn in 1903.
Because I talked about his daughter earlier, I thought a phot of the Gustav Vasa statue in Mora would be a great ph… https://t.co/yteH1usdxY
@rosieclarke Good.
@SosyalOzurlu They would.
@Beesarenazis Good. I had a classmate at uni who didn't. 😊
@Beesarenazis Cereals = spannmål in Swedish.
In a way she is both a girl stereotype (princess) and a boy stereotype (pirate).
Cecilia's life is really interesting. She breaks lots of norms both in regard to her gender and her position in life.
She died in 1627 as the last of Gustav Vasa's children.
Johan didn't have it, so he let her have back both her fiefs & her rights to piracy which she would continue.
She then said she would gladly leave Sweden if she only she would get her dowry.
Cecilia told him she wasn't his subject but a margravess (?) of Baden.
Johan heard a rumour of a haul of 100 000 thales. He forbade her piracy, took away her fiefs & had her arrested.
She also illegally raised the custom prices in Arboga, engaged in weapon smuggling & participated i illegal cereal trade.
For example Danish ones, causing weakening relations with Denmark.
Cecilia however broke the agreement by plundering other ships as well.
Johan also gave her permission to do some piracy in the Baltic Sea. Mainly towards English ships.
Therefore, she also used the title Countess of Arboga.
She supported her brother Johan in his fight with Erik & when he reached the throne in 1568, he gave her some fiefs. Among other Arboga town
Cecilia was married to margrave Christoph II of Badern-Rodemachern in 1564, but their marriage doesn't seem to have been so happy in the end
When Erik (XIV) became king, he tried to restrict the freedom of the royal women, but Cecilia would have none of it.
The Vasa era was a shame society and based on what's normally reported about these issues today, it can be interesting to think about this.
Whag is interestinv about his reaction is that he was just as mad at Erik as he was at Cecilia.
This episode is normally known as Vadstenabullret & Gustav became even more furious when he get to hear about it.
They told Cecilia's brother Erik all about it and he was furious. He madd a big fuss out of it, investigating everyone
During this time Cecilia & Johan were attracted to one another & guards saw him sneaking into her bed chamber at night.
They were to stay there for a while & Cecilia refused her father's orders to return to him in Stockholm.
Cecilia was allowed to follow her newly marrief sister part of the way to East Frisia. They arrived to the castle in Vadstena.
Cecilia's older sister Katarina married count Edzard II of East Frisia in 1559. He & his younger brother Johan came to Sweden then.
Going through Cecilia's entire life would take forever, so I will focus on 2 events.
Gustav was in many ways a harsh tyrant, but family was very important to him & he worried & cared for them.
History books tend to focus on Gustav and the 3 sons who sat on the Swedish throne, but Cecilia's a big more known than her 4 sisters.
Her name's Cecilia Vasa & she's the daughter of Gustav Vasa & Margareta Leijonhufvud. She was born in 1540.
https://t.co/rPQjFmLsvT This lady (or at least the lady the painting's said to portray is one of my favourite historical women.
@hab3045 And Horrible Histories have had me understanding how World War 1 started and laughing at weird Victorian christmas card.
@hab3045 I got an interest in the 20th century through MFMM. It's the first time I've ever had. It's what the schools mainly focus on here.
@hab3045 Maybe it's because your time period is so often portrayed. Vikings are more unusual.
@hab3045 I recommend you to relax. Seriously the things I've looked up because of HH and MFMM are things I wouldn't… https://t.co/0GaABs4Qvo
@hab3045 I do have problems when people don't do their homework properly, and it gets biased or condescending, but… https://t.co/6VIRlIjiVc
@hab3045 I think the idea of giving a sense of history is enough. Nothing can be 100% correct and as long as you ar… https://t.co/Oav2r3rWXq
@Foervraengd Unfortunately yes.
@1azylizzie I don't know. It's abit ahistorical.
Yes. I think it's fun that befiore standarized seasons Norrland had only 2 while Skåne had like 6. https://t.co/MIjfURRdFq
@1azylizzie How nice. Have you seen Fröken Frimans krig?
@RobertSchonbeck @svt We had more contacts with the rest of the world then we are ordinarily told so...
@TomJY I think you need to ask the designer. I don't think Swedes are to blame entirely. I know lots of non-Swe cup… https://t.co/u4QMK4b25b
@hab3045 I don't think it's wrong, but it's such a partiality to that time period and it shows a bit of evolutionism as well.
I really love when popculture can give you an interest in say history. https://t.co/KodvNSefop
@jeanettearon Really interesting. I love what has been done to #Skarhultslott in Skåne too.
I know! World War 2 is very importang to talk about, but it can be too much. https://t.co/7Vv7C9l4db
@Eruhel_The_One Yes, but I also see a bit of evolutionistic tendency in it.
@Alflamont 2/2 ... Margareta Leijonhufvud, Katarina Stenbock and 2 I will tell you about later today and tomorrow.
@Alflamont 1/2 I have many: Queen Margaret, queen Philippa, Kristina of Saxony, Sigrid Storråda, Kristina Gyllensti… https://t.co/DssVtyWzS5
Of course the magazines have articles now and then about Vikings or Knights templar, but not as often as about say World War 2.
To me it's so natural to think about history in 1000s of years, so I have problems understanding thd limitations.
I don't think history of the last 200 years is unimportant. It's just that there are so much more histories to be told.
As an archaeologist though, I often sigh that there are so little focus on history older than AD1800 in the magazines in general.
@historiskan is an amazing initiativ besides this "special edition" of Populär historia.
I like that there are more focus on women in Swedish history magazone nowadays. #herstory https://t.co/EfqfBna7xB
@amaneetacaplan Still. To me good educational stuff like that should be shown repeatedly. That's how it stick.
I'm shocked!!! 😨😊 https://t.co/aLCRcZ5NZP
@AubrinaFair Thank you! 💜
Of course not. https://t.co/1s1uHt4o2o
@niannelynn In a way yes. As you can imagine, I really enjoy this time of the year.
@RobertSchonbeck @svt That is the big question. I'm not even sure if the diagnosis is correct, but I find it interesting none the less.
I collect (decorative, fake) skulls and skeletons.These are two of the Kosta Boda skulls made by Ludvig Löfgren. https://t.co/EtkAQ17PiX
Good morning world! Hope you feel fine today and have a nice day! 😊
@Da_Pineapple How beautiful.
RT @sweden: In the present: autumn is here and even though it's dark & cold & get my skin dry, I love the colours. God natt! https://t.co/4…
In the present: autumn is here and even though it's dark & cold & get my skin dry, I love the colours. God natt! https://t.co/4DWJ7yEqpc
@trollnystan Follow my ordinary account if you want: @Arkeologmandis Would love to talk more and think it's more freely there. 😊
@katarhinoceros God yes!
@katarhinoceros Me too!!!
@kalmarmus @svt I really wanted a continuation of it, maybe as a "julkalender" because why not show what the Middle… https://t.co/84g33GMr2N
@kalmarmus @svt The show was aired for kids on their summer holiday.
@kalmarmus @svt It's made for children, which shows from time to time, but you over-look it based on everything it does right.
@kalmarmus @svt She's complex independent, smart, colourful & certainly no damsel in distress.
@kalmarmus @svt Katarina is such a wonderful female character. She is neither a stereotypical medieval woman. Nor i… https://t.co/FwRObSRbeB
@kalmarmus @svt The others know more about the era simply because they've lived in it. Nils also teaches them about 20th century things.
@kalmarmus @svt Nils is the character through who you learn with, but hd is not portrayed as particularly stupid.
@kalmarmus @svt They had question times when children could send questions, but most of it was told through the plot.
@kalmarmus @svt This made the show take facts seriously, but not in the way it taught those facts to the children.
@kalmarmus @svt It has an overarching frame that is the events in Kalmar 1397 & there seems to be a structured plan… https://t.co/s9f10RHiCi
@kalmarmus @svt I can't overestimate how much this show has meant to me over the past 20 years. It's historical fiction at its best.
@kalmarmus @svt He also befriends the king Erik who sneaks out of the castle disgused as a farmer. There's also evil "mecklenburgare"
@kalmarmus @svt In 1397, he meets Katarina who is the daughter of a knight & works in the bathing hut & the clumsy knight Rosenstråle.
@kalmarmus @svt Salve is about knight-nerd Nils travelling to Kalmar to celebrate the Kalmar union 1997. Through hi… https://t.co/mv8Csn01ra
@trollnystan She is!
Since Salve brought on some nostalgia, I thought I should share more of my love for it with you. @kalmarmus @svt T… https://t.co/a3Isre6pOX
@trollnystan Mine too. Today I mostly write Miss Fisher fics though.
@trollnystan I know it can be traced back further to Dante and Shakespeare. What I meant was that it wasn't so easily accessible then.
@trollnystan @linda82_linda @svt I wrote lots of fanfictions before that was a thing.
@trollnystan @linda82_linda @svt How sweet. I had one too...
@trollnystan @linda82_linda @svt I bet he is. I thought he seemed kind on TV.
RT @sayitinswe: In 1752 @sweden changed to the Gregorian calendar. 🇸🇪 #swedishfacts
@DaveBngDave The Vasa dynasty ruled Sweden in the 16th and earlh 17th century. 😊
@JohanRonstrom Yes, that's why I think it's important to be conscious of how you use it.
@hab3045 Absolutely. As an archaeologist I find that physical aspects of history are most powerful and effective.
Same goes for TV shows and the like. The idea to bring about a concept and/or sense of history is often better.
There's no way you can be 100% accurate, but to get a sense of it is great.
I like it. Lots of people are very good as long as you ard conscious of how you use it. https://t.co/CQeMWlkZzl
@gsonderby @Colwildotcom Well, we are bombed with pop culture about the Tudors a lot. I admit to wanting to see… https://t.co/tDLhz9HNnG
@sayitinswe I did as well. Unfortunately it isn't. ☹
@kalmarmus @svt I have been waiting 20 years for it. Love your museum btw. ❤
@janewilkinson59 I'm trying to ignore them as best I can. ❤
@linda82_linda @svt Of course!
@NordAnton I'm glad you enjoy it.
People really should. https://t.co/Yzy47tZ72F
Absolutely. You and SVT should really do a "second season" or something about that. 😁 https://t.co/tshAEQzqrP
@JenEngland @isotriajim She'll be waiting for you. 😊
@pajouhi @KTHuniversity How beautiful.
Yes, both she and Filippa are wonderful. I also love Kristian II's mum Kristina of Saxony. https://t.co/6wEGYgNbIw
@svt This meant that women could take on a male role and act in there place (for Kristina) mainly her oldest son Nils's.
@svt In a way one can say that the medieval society required a man even when there where no one to be found.
@svt So what can Kristina's story actually tell us? Well it's been a lot of talk about the need for women in history. #Herstory for example
@svt It didn't work in the end, but she stood proud for some months. The lack of support was probably not because she was a woman though.
@svt Therefore she realised she had to do it herself. She started preparing Stockholm for battle, probably while pregnant.
@svt The situation was precarious for Kristina. She tried to rally the resistance and a few helped, but no one wanted to take the lead.
@svt However, he died when Sten and Kristina only had been married for a few months. It's said he's one of the 1st… https://t.co/lmueebPze7
@svt She was born c. 1494 and only a 2 or so years later, she became the aunt to Gustav Vasa.
@svt Her name is #KristinaGyllenstierna and her is her statue outside of the royal palace in Stockholm https://t.co/fS7ZEbjUOE
@svt Philippa defended Copenhagen when it was attacked in 1428, but I will turn my focus to another, a bit later great woman.
@svt It was created by queen Margaret and ruled in the beginnjng by her, Erik of Pomerania and his wife Philippa of England.
@svt I really liked her and I started looking up the late Middle Ages and found a very varied, mess.
@svt The main character befriended a girl who secretly dressed up as a knight to help her father after her brother died.
@svt This show came to mean a lot to me and it was one of the main reasons for my choise of profession.
In 1997 @svt showed a children's show about a guy time travelling back to 1397 when the Nordic countries where united in the Kalmar union.
Exactly. I think we learn from triumphs too though. We get to see what works. 😊 https://t.co/1FV1lja1SL
For you who don't know, Vasa was a big ship built by Gustav II Adolf who sank barely having left the harbour on its first journey in 1628.
This is one of the reasons why I think @Vasamuseet has such a great concept. It is based on a big failure for the country.
We often enhance only what has been good for the group (mostly nation states) and forget the darker sides of it and forget the failures.
There are lots of things to be learned from the past, but also lots to unlearn.
This is why it is so important to use an including sense of history.
I think heritage is very important to everyone. It gives us a sense of self and belonging to a group.
History in a way is a matter of power. Who gets to tell the story and to whom is it being told?
Therefore it is a great place to start for discussing how history is constructed and mediated. What aspects are enhanced and what are not?
This period is really interesting in Scandinavian history, but often overlooked by events in England.
I really enjoy the Late Middle Ages anc Early Modern Period, so I intended to start my week there.
Absolutely. I hope most of you will. https://t.co/DV0fvuiSps
If you are nice this week I'll tell you my view on Vikings and talk about my own Viking research this weekend. Some of you will not like it.
@susan_kemp @Arkeologmandis Welcome!
My plan is to talk about history, archaeology, cultural heritage and the like this week.
@mocy1983 @Arkeologmandis Thank you!
Hello everyone! I'm normally @Arkeologmandis, but this week I will be Sweden. Hope you have a nice day!