Abstract
The article discusses the archaeological objects called 'cooking pits' which are a recurring find at excavations, today often found in large quantitates for example nearby assembly places. The hypothesis is that these 'cooking pits' were called 'arinn' in the Old Scandinavian languages.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Re-imagining Periphery: Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods |
Editors | Charlotta Hillerdal, Ktistin Ilves |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxbow Books |
Chapter | 9 |
Pages | 103-106 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781789254501 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- archaeology
- terminology
- cooking pits