"Perhaps, in the light of these recent discoveries, we should think about the non-Scandinavian origin of the people buried with these objects in a more nuanced way... In the light of the newly acquired data, it seems that the formal similarity of Polish and Scandinavian chamber graves cannot be used as a factor that would allow for determining the identity of the deceased as people coming from Scandinavia. Scandinavian scholars themselves believe that the idea of a chamber grave was "imported" from Northwestern Europe (Frisia, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) and that the "r/c/z chamber graves from trade centres in Hedeby andBirka imply international connections and may possibly represent families ofinfluential foreigners and local merchants" (Graslund, Muller-Wille 1992, 187). It is difficult to understand why Polish scholars consider every single chamber grave as belonging to an individual from Scandinavia. Where then are the representatives of our local, Slavic elites?"
Janowski A. 2013. Are the chamber graves from Pien really Scandinavian?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262603255_Are_the_chamber_graves_from_Pien_really_Scandinavian
"Perhaps, in the light of these recent discoveries, we should think about the non-Scandinavian origin of the people buried with these objects in a more nuanced way...
In the light of the newly acquired data, it seems that the formal similarity of Polish and Scandinavian chamber graves cannot be used as a factor that would allow for determining the identity of the deceased as people coming from Scandinavia. Scandinavian scholars themselves believe that the idea of a chamber grave was "imported" from Northwestern Europe (Frisia, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) and that the "r/c/z chamber graves from trade centres in Hedeby andBirka imply international connections and may possibly represent families ofinfluential foreigners and local merchants" (Graslund, Muller-Wille 1992, 187). It is difficult to understand why Polish scholars consider every single chamber grave as belonging to an individual from Scandinavia. Where then are the representatives of our local, Slavic elites?"
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