[gothic-l] Re: Przeworsk and Gothic Archaeology

[Tore Gannholm]

>
>  >
>>  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



>  In fact, the distinctions
>between the Pommeranian culture and the Przeworsk culture become very
>marked over time. The same is true for the Przeworsk and
>Oksywie/Wielbark culture. When outside graves do appear, like in the
>case of the stone-circle graves from Scandinavia at the end of the
>1st century, they are so alien to the local Wielbark culture that
>they are easily marked out as 'foreign'. 
>
>Bierbrauer and Godlowski noted that the Wielbark culture and the
>Przeworsk culture, respectively, were extremely conservative. That
>means the Wielbark culture continued its characteristic traits which
>emerged around 0 AD for several centuries (around 400AD) and the
>Przeworsk features were maintained for over 600 years.
>
>Dirk
>

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