Byns vara eller icke vara, är det frågan ?

By och bebyggelse i sydvästra Skåne 400–1800 e.Kr.

Authors

  • Katlin Schmidt Sabo Statens historiska museer, Arkeologerna
  • Bengt Söderberg Statens historiska museer, Arkeologerna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58323/insi.v13.12631

Keywords:

bebyggelsearkeologi, landskapsarkeologi, romersk järnålder, folkvandringstid, medeltid, historisk tid

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the concept of village and settlement patterns in a long-term perspective in the southern part of Sweden. For whom were villages a successful concept and was one definition really enough to describe the role villages played in different societies ? All excavated farmsteads in the period AD 400–1800 were registered in a GIS database that was used for large-scale analysis. Trends in ups and downs in the settlements at different times became visible. Large farm units/estates influenced village formation due to control over land and the ability to organize people and agrarian production. Village nucleation was considered as a precondition for state formation, as it guaranteed a stable and continuous transfer of agrarian surplus through taxes.

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Published

2019-12-01

How to Cite

Schmidt Sabo, K., & Söderberg, B. (2019). Byns vara eller icke vara, är det frågan ? By och bebyggelse i sydvästra Skåne 400–1800 e.Kr. In Situ Archaeologica, 13, 5–54. https://doi.org/10.58323/insi.v13.12631

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