En rovfågelsklo från Gamla Skogsby på Öland

https://doi.org/10.62077/f295qv.adlfby

Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay, Linn Karlsson Reinhold, Per G. P. Ericson

This paper proceeds from the excavations by Linnaeus University in 2019–2023 of a Migration Period house foundation at Gamla Skogsby, Öland, SE Sweden, situated in what was originally a large village with one of the largest Migration Period farms recorded on the whole island. The house and the excavation results are presented in brief, and in particular, the find of a raptor claw inside the house is given special attention. The claw is evaluated osteologically, identified as the claw of an eagle and suggested as an indication of prestige related to the local elite at the site. This is followed by an attempt to place the find in a larger context, with an evaluation of the find as a possible indication of falconry at the site in the Migration Period. The role of eagles in falconry is examined and the implications for this in connection with the falconry hypothesis at Gamla Skogsby are discussed. The find and the settlement at which it was made are then analysed in relation to a larger landscape context including important artefact finds, burials, settlements and fortifications, and the possible role of women in relation to falconry is discussed.

Språk: sv

Sidor: 79–95