Scandinavia’s Largest Mound Has No Burial. Now We May Know Why. A new LiDAR study argues that Raknehaugen was built in response to a catastrophic sixth-century landslide, not to honor a king.

Scandinavia’s largest prehistoric mound has never yielded a burial. New LiDAR analysis suggests it wasn’t built for one — but as a ritual response to a sixth-century landslide triggered by volcanic climate collapse. #Archaeology #IronAge #Paleolandscape www.anthropology.net/p/scandinavi...

Archaeoethnologica: After the Thaw - Book / Após o Desgelo - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Palaeohistoria Nº 63/64 - 2022/2023

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