Papers by Lars Morten Fuglevik
![Research paper thumbnail of Krigsbytteofringen Illerup A - en alternativ tolkningsramme [The Illerup A War Booty Sacrifice – an Alternative Frame of Reference for Interpretation]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/31135562/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Fornvännen, 2007
Danish and Swedish war booty sacrifices constitute the main archaeological source for the interpr... more Danish and Swedish war booty sacrifices constitute the main archaeological source for the interpretation of military organisation in Early Iron Age Scandinavia. Compared to weapon burials from the same period, the sacrificial finds display a greater variety and number of weapons and other military equipment. Extensive excavations in recent years at Illerup Ådal in Jutland, Denmark have arguably produced the most well-documented data material available for our understanding of large-scale warfare in the Roman Iron Age.
Jørgen Ilkjær has concluded that the largest of the four weapon sacrifices at Illerup Ådal was the result of attacks on Jutland from the western half of the Scandinavian Peninsula. In this paper I investigate the basic theoretical premises implied in Ilkjær’s explanatory model for the deposit Illerup A. I emphasise his understanding and use of Roman written sources in the construction of analogies in this model. Furthermore I examine the framework for incorporating Norwegian weapon graves into the model. These inquiries suggest that Ilkjær’s model correlates neither with the Norwegian graves nor the Roman written sources. Yet these are the sources on which the model was largely built. From this background I suggest an alternative understanding of Illerup A where the data are viewed in the perspective of Roman military activity along the Imperial border.
![Research paper thumbnail of Treperiodesystemets konstruksjon tolket i sammenheng med sekulariseringen og vitenskapeliggjøringen av samfunnet i første halvdel av det nittende århundre [The Construction of the Three Age System Interpreted in the Context of Secularization and Scientification of Society in the Nineteenth Century]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/31135513/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Primitive tider, 2008
The Danish archaeologist Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
(1788-1865) constructed the modern Three Ag... more The Danish archaeologist Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
(1788-1865) constructed the modern Three Age System which
is arguably the most important element in archaeological
interpretations. Even though similar systems based on a notion
of three ages have occurred in different contexts throughout
western history, only Thomsen’s system is still in use today.
In this paper I discuss the reasons why this model is first
acknowledged in the Danish scientific discourse during the
first half of the nineteenth century, and how it was preceded
by changes in western European society’s conceptions of the
human sciences and religion. These changes are related to
broader transitions in mentality and ideology during the
Enlightenment and the Romantic era. I argue that a changed
understanding of the past created a need for new intellectual
tools to answer complex historical questions which rendered
the old explanatory models obsolete.
Books by Lars Morten Fuglevik
Det gamle Oslo 1000-1624, 2024
Imported household pottery vessels were not just utilitarian items but also reflections of societ... more Imported household pottery vessels were not just utilitarian items but also reflections of societal changes and migrations during the early and high medieval period in Norway. By examining pottery from four distinct archaeological sites in Oslo, Lars Morten Fuglevik identifies distinct spatial and temporal variations in pottery use that inform us about the social history of the medieval town. The idea is launched that urban culture in Oslo emerged with new culinary practices and the attendant material culture.
The dissertation challenges previous assumptions that German and English wares dominated the period, instead showing a significant presence of regional southern Scandinavian ceramics. Particularly notable is the high use of Danish ceramic cooking pots in the Oslo Shoemakers’ area, indicative of a vibrant migrant community and their culinary practices. Pottery as a data material is used in a novel way to explore issues around the evolution of urban food culture through the Middle Ages and traditional methodological approaches are used alongside newer scientific techniques and emerging theoretical approaches, such as non-duality and assemblage theory.
This study not only sheds light on the complexities of medieval urban commensal life but also proposes new hypotheses about culinary practices, such as the potential local production of beverages like apple wine.
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Papers by Lars Morten Fuglevik
Jørgen Ilkjær has concluded that the largest of the four weapon sacrifices at Illerup Ådal was the result of attacks on Jutland from the western half of the Scandinavian Peninsula. In this paper I investigate the basic theoretical premises implied in Ilkjær’s explanatory model for the deposit Illerup A. I emphasise his understanding and use of Roman written sources in the construction of analogies in this model. Furthermore I examine the framework for incorporating Norwegian weapon graves into the model. These inquiries suggest that Ilkjær’s model correlates neither with the Norwegian graves nor the Roman written sources. Yet these are the sources on which the model was largely built. From this background I suggest an alternative understanding of Illerup A where the data are viewed in the perspective of Roman military activity along the Imperial border.
(1788-1865) constructed the modern Three Age System which
is arguably the most important element in archaeological
interpretations. Even though similar systems based on a notion
of three ages have occurred in different contexts throughout
western history, only Thomsen’s system is still in use today.
In this paper I discuss the reasons why this model is first
acknowledged in the Danish scientific discourse during the
first half of the nineteenth century, and how it was preceded
by changes in western European society’s conceptions of the
human sciences and religion. These changes are related to
broader transitions in mentality and ideology during the
Enlightenment and the Romantic era. I argue that a changed
understanding of the past created a need for new intellectual
tools to answer complex historical questions which rendered
the old explanatory models obsolete.
Books by Lars Morten Fuglevik
The dissertation challenges previous assumptions that German and English wares dominated the period, instead showing a significant presence of regional southern Scandinavian ceramics. Particularly notable is the high use of Danish ceramic cooking pots in the Oslo Shoemakers’ area, indicative of a vibrant migrant community and their culinary practices. Pottery as a data material is used in a novel way to explore issues around the evolution of urban food culture through the Middle Ages and traditional methodological approaches are used alongside newer scientific techniques and emerging theoretical approaches, such as non-duality and assemblage theory.
This study not only sheds light on the complexities of medieval urban commensal life but also proposes new hypotheses about culinary practices, such as the potential local production of beverages like apple wine.
Jørgen Ilkjær has concluded that the largest of the four weapon sacrifices at Illerup Ådal was the result of attacks on Jutland from the western half of the Scandinavian Peninsula. In this paper I investigate the basic theoretical premises implied in Ilkjær’s explanatory model for the deposit Illerup A. I emphasise his understanding and use of Roman written sources in the construction of analogies in this model. Furthermore I examine the framework for incorporating Norwegian weapon graves into the model. These inquiries suggest that Ilkjær’s model correlates neither with the Norwegian graves nor the Roman written sources. Yet these are the sources on which the model was largely built. From this background I suggest an alternative understanding of Illerup A where the data are viewed in the perspective of Roman military activity along the Imperial border.
(1788-1865) constructed the modern Three Age System which
is arguably the most important element in archaeological
interpretations. Even though similar systems based on a notion
of three ages have occurred in different contexts throughout
western history, only Thomsen’s system is still in use today.
In this paper I discuss the reasons why this model is first
acknowledged in the Danish scientific discourse during the
first half of the nineteenth century, and how it was preceded
by changes in western European society’s conceptions of the
human sciences and religion. These changes are related to
broader transitions in mentality and ideology during the
Enlightenment and the Romantic era. I argue that a changed
understanding of the past created a need for new intellectual
tools to answer complex historical questions which rendered
the old explanatory models obsolete.
The dissertation challenges previous assumptions that German and English wares dominated the period, instead showing a significant presence of regional southern Scandinavian ceramics. Particularly notable is the high use of Danish ceramic cooking pots in the Oslo Shoemakers’ area, indicative of a vibrant migrant community and their culinary practices. Pottery as a data material is used in a novel way to explore issues around the evolution of urban food culture through the Middle Ages and traditional methodological approaches are used alongside newer scientific techniques and emerging theoretical approaches, such as non-duality and assemblage theory.
This study not only sheds light on the complexities of medieval urban commensal life but also proposes new hypotheses about culinary practices, such as the potential local production of beverages like apple wine.