[gothic-l] Re: Gothic connections

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> I can recommend a new book "Gothic connections, Contacts between 
eastern
> Scandinavia and the southern Baltic coast 1000 BC - 500 AD" by 
Anders
> Kaliff   ISBN 91-506-1482-7 Department of Archaeology and Ancient 
History,
> Uppsala University  Uppsala 2001
> 
> "The subject of contacts between Scandinavia and the surrounding 
world
> during the Bronze Age has often been discussed in archaeological 
research
> of later years. Such contacts can be traced in different phenomena 
and
> objects: the urn-burial custom, imported bronzes and the bronze 
import in
> general, certain types of pottery, certain house types as well as 
more
> outstanding und unique objects. The evidence of contacts especially 
with
> the Lusatian (Lausitz) culture has been generally observed and is 
the
> matter for an ongoing discussion...................The contacts 
between
> Bronze Age Gotland and the Lusatian culture were noticed already by 
H.
> Hansson in Gotlands bronsålder (1927). There is also evidence of 
much more
> long distant contacts, for instance between Scandinavia and south-
east
> Europe, and with the eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia. Other 
contacts
> could be shown with the Villanova culture of Italy and cultural 
groups in
> central Europe. This cultural exchange has been interpreted as the 
result
> of a well established network of contacts, probably held together by
> members of certain influential social groups in different cultures 
(e.g.
> Larsson 1997; Kristiansen 1998)"
> ..............
> "The ethnic affinities of the Lusatian people have long been of 
dispute and
> the ethnic interpretation of the Lusatian culture has varied much 
over
> time. Germanic, Thracian, Illyrian and Slavic people have been seen 
as
> carriers of the Lusatian material culture."
> ...........
> "The Lusatian culture in general is characterized especially by its 
burial
> custom, with cremation burials in urns, often with deposited 
vessels beside
> the urn, and pottery with special design. Even if it is not 
possible to
> find an overall definiton in general, it is nevertheless possible 
to find
> elements that distinguish it from other Urnfield groups. For the 
typical
> Lusatian pottery Jan Dabrowski has suggested the term "Pottery of 
Lusatian
> style" ("Stil der Lausitzer Keramik"), in the same manner as the 
term
> "Hallstatt-style" is used. Cultural groups, with pottery fitting 
into this
> defintion are found within the South Scandinavian Bronze Age 
culture, as
> well as within the so called Knoviz-Milavce and Wysocko cultures, 
in the
> eastern Lusatian periphery of Pomerania. (Dabrowski 1988, p.89) One
> possible interpretation of the Lusatian culture is an overall 
regional
> culture, characterized by local traditons at the border between the
> continental Urnfield culture and the South Scnadinavian Bronze Age 
culture
> (Bukowski 1988, p.15f, Gediga 1988, +.41f;Kristiansen 1998,p.73. The
> Wysocko culture was located just west of the lower part of the 
Vistula
> basin, in the same area where the Wielbark culture is formed 
centuries
> later."
> ............


Hi Tore,

I think this author is mixing up a few things. The Wysocka culture 
was never located in the lower part of the Vistula and is not the 
predecessor culture of the Wielbark/Willenberg culture in that 
region. The Wysocka culture was a late bronze age culture in the 
western Ukraine. It is inexplicable how the autor could make such a 
mistake. My literature recommendation on this subject would be Volker 
Bierbrauer's article on 'Gothic archaeology' in the Reallexikon der 
Germanischen Altertumskunde.

Dirk










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