Exotic and Sacral Finds from Helgo - Softcover

Gyllensvard, Bo; Harbison, Peter; Axboe, Morten; Lamm, Jan Peder; Zachrisson, Torun; Reisborg, Synnove

Softcover

ISBN 10: 917402339X ISBN 13: 9789174023398

Publisher: Atlantis Bookforlag, 2004

Synopsis

The book contains six articles by different authors: Bo Gyllensvärd, The Buddha found at Helgö Peter Harbison, The Helgö crozier head Morten Axboe, The bracteates from Helgö Jan Peder Lamm, Figural gold foils found in Sweden: a study based on the discoveries from Helgö Torun Zachrisson, The holiness of Helgö Synnöve Reisborg, The twenty-sixth figural gold foil. Report on the 1981 excavation of the remaining part of Foundation II in Building Group 2

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Synopsis:

It is now almost fifty years since excavations began at Helgo, on May 1954, and twenty-five years since the Helgo Project officially concluded, but the project has lived on through the volumes of Excavations at Helgo which have continued to be produced over those twenty-five years. Excavations at Helgo XVI contains six articles by different authors. Two deal with unique finds of distant origin: a Buddha figurine and the head of a richly decorated enamelled crozier. Three articles are devoted to objects and phenomena that can be associated with cult practices. The twenty-six figural gold foils found at Helgo are used as a starting point for a survey of all the Swedish gold foils so far known. They are discussed from various points of view, such as research history, religious history, iconography, chronology, technique, and social significance, and a variety of interpretations are proposed. Finally, the 1981 excavation of a small part of Foundation II is published for the first time. It was during that excavation that Helgo's twenty-sixth figural gold foil was found.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantis Bookforlag
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 917402339X
• ISBN 13: 9789174023398
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182