[gothic-l] Re: Przeworsk and Gothic Archaeology

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> >
> >  >
> >>  Dirk,
> >>  Interesting!
> >>  Gotland was also very  much influenced by this.
> >>  This matches with Kaliffs' indications that there were a common
> >>  culture in the area where the Goths originated. Gotland was
> >>  apparently part of that culture.
> >>
> >>  There was also intensive trade between this area and Gotland.
> >>
> >>  The ember trade was very important.
> >>
> >>  Further we know from earlier and later that the Gotlanders
> >>  established trading posts (colonies) on the eastern shores of 
the
> >>  Baltic.
> >>
> >>  Most people make the mistake to include Gotland in Thule. The
> >culture
> >>  and people in Gotland is quite different from that on the 
Swedish
> >>  mainland (Thule)
> >>
> >>  Tore
> >>  --
> >
> >
> >Tore,
> >
> >this process of La Teneisation affected most of northern Europe, 
with
> >declining intensity from south to north. It contributed to the
> >development of certain cultures like Jastorf, Przeworsk, Oksywie, 
but
> >it does not mean that there was a common culure embracing all of 
the
> >Baltic Sea area in say 200BC or 100BC.
> 
> No, we don't see this in Sweden. Gotland is special for the Baltic 
> and the contacts with La Tène and Hallstadt cultures.
> 


Tore, 

that may be right, I don't really know and my post was about the 
Przeworsk culture which in its formative stages has nothing to do 
with Gotland or Sweden, although some of its traits (weapons graves, 
the bending and deliberate destruction of weapons) later traveled 
northwards via Denmark. 

Dirk


------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck
Monitoring Service trial
http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/wWMplB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>. 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/