[gothic-l] Gothic Archaeology

[Bertil Haggman]

Tore,

Kaliffs results are supported well by Wolfram:

"Does this mean, after all, that the Goths originated in Scandinavia?
Reinhard Wenskus has already given an answer, which ought
to be slightly modified: not entire peoples but small successful
clans, the bearers of prestgious traditions, emigrated
and became the founders of new gentes. In this sense it is
possible that a group of Gutae, which the Gothic memoria
identified with King Berig and his followers, left Scandinvia
long before the Amali and contributed to the erhnogenesis
of the Gutones in East-Pomerania-Masovia."The dream
of the Goths coming from the continent is just that: a dream.

The Wolfram words fit well with the Leon Rhodin - Verner Lindblom -
Kerold Klang, _Gudatraed och vaestgoetska skottkungar -
Sveriges bysantiska arv_ (1993). Not only Gotland but Vaester-
goetland and Oestergoetland should be considered as original
staging points for the clans mentioned by Wolfram.

Gothically

Bertil

> He shows that it is a common culture in the southern Baltic including
> Gotland and some coast areas in present day Sweden. And there were
> movements both directions.



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