[gothic-l] Re: Exhibition on the Vandals, Vaernamo in Vaerend, Sweden

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

I would like to know what sort of artefacts are on display in the 
exhibition. For example, there is a Vandalic exhibition in the British 
Museum, which shows artifacts from North Africa, but states that there 
is no way of knowing whether they are really Vandalic/Alanic, but have 
been tentatively attributed on the basis of their 'barbaric' 
appearance. So does this exhibition identify anything 'typical' 
Vandalic in style or manufacture? 

In Europe, the only artefacts that could be called Vandalic are those 
found in the context of the Oder/Warthe/Przeworks culture. But this 
culture included several tribes and it covered a large area. Does this 
exhibition include any Przeworsk objects, perhaps with new insights 
about the development and spread of this group? The title of the book, 
i.e. 'the true history of the Vandals...' is intriguing and I will try 
to get it myself, but can I ask what distinguishes this history from 
other historical accounts, which makes it the 'true history'? 

cheers,
Dirk

--- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> What do you want to know more specifically?
> 
> Bertil
> 
> I guess the people from Germany and England were not worth 
mentioning 
> (while I m sure that Anna-Lana Wibom is very very important)
> 
> Can you expand about the content of this exhibition a bit, (that may 
> also be more interesting than the fact that Anna-Lena Wibom 
> participated)  :-)


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