[gothic-l] Gothic influence

[Tore Gannholm]

Ingemar,
Erik Nylén was for many years in charge of RAGU (Riksantikvarieämbetes
Gotlandsundersökningar)
It is Kent Andersson who at the University of Uppsala.
Kindly Tore

>Hello Tore,
>you wrote:
>
>
>> Furthermore the latest theories from the University of Uppsala is that the
>> similar golden necklaces such as the one found at Vittinge in Västergötland
>> also are made in Gotland. (Fornvännen 1996/1 Sagan om ringarna av Erik
>> Nylén)
>> Tore
>
>I was under the impression Erik Nylén was professor at Gotlands Fornsal
>and not the University of Uppsala and that his article in Fornvännen
>presents his very personal wiew  of the origin of those rings. I do not
>say he is wrong because it could well be the rings are made in
>Scandinavia, but not nessecarily exactly on Gotland even it it is
>possible. My point is rather that this article is not officially backed
>by specially the university of Uppsala, but is part of the scientific
>debate in Fornvännen out of a personal wiew from the excavator of the
>Havor ring, leading to his incentive to try to analyse the origin also
>of the other rings.I  had close contacts with the excavators in Vittene
>during the ongoing excavation work and so I can verify those rings are
>of the same character and type,  and that the art work is well fitted to
>the Scandinavian tradition, but it is also undeniable that they are of
>torques-type and so they might be influenced also by Celts as so many
>other artefacts and pictures in Scandinavia. The ON religion is also
>partly influenced from Celts, and hence this does not exclude the
>possible Scandinavian manufacturing origin of these rings.
>
>Kindly
>Ingemar
>


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