Week 12: The archaeology of power

Centers of power, rise of medieval states


• see portraits of Marshall Sahlins and Maurice Godelier
• see a map of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during Bede's lifetime
• see  a brief presentation of gift-giving in potlatch ceremonies on the northwestern coast of America

Kingdoms   

• see the Viking-Age trade center of Tjølling-kaupang in Norway, an air view of Ribe, and the royal cemetery at Jelling in Denmark
• see examples of bracteates from Denmark and sceattas from England
• see the runic inscription on one face of the stone in Jelling