During the years 2006-2010 Gotland University conducted seminars excavations in Västergarn parish on Gotland. Inside the wall a total of six house foundations have been found and a total of 127 Combs have been registered. This thesis is based on a material study of the 127 registered medieval Combs. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the Combs and with their chronology illuminate in which period the society of Västergarn was active. And also to find out what the material remains can tell us about the place and its people.

The University of Gotland has between the years 2006-2011 conducted seminar excavations in Västergarn parish, Gotland. During this time 167 comb fragments have been registered. Out of these are 51 of importance for this study, since they are defined as either a single-sided composite comb or a comb case. The purpose of this thesis is to enlighten the earliest period in the history of Västergarn by focusing on the earliest forms of Combs and their cases. And as the title expresses do the Combs date to the Viking Age or the Middle Ages? The Combs from the excavations will be compared to different type schemes, both Viking Age and Middle Age and different places in Scandinavia such as Lund, Oslo, Lödöse and Gotland.

I have statistically worked up a material from 228 graves from the late Iron Age in the area of Mälardalen.In my material I have gathered the incidence of Combs, knifes, beads, weapons whetstones and torshammarsrings.I have found that beads are overrepresented in graves of women and whetstones in graves of men. I only found weapons in graves from male.I found no indication from my statistic hypothesis (Z-test) that a grave that contains more than three beads should define the grave of a woman. A grave that contains a lot of beads, more than 20, consider I as a female gender.Combs, knifes and torshammarsring are considered as gender neutral..

ProblemDå ledningen i en franchiseorganisation inte besitter samma auktoritet som ledningen i andra typer av organisationer kan detta skapa problematik för den interna styrningen (Bradach, 1997). Ytterligare forskning kring styrning inom franchising har efterfrågats (Bradach och Eccles, 1989; Bradach, 1997; Combs et al., 2011).Syfte Syftet är att med utgång i Malmi och Browns (2008) styrpaket vidareutveckla modellen för att förklara och undersöka hur den interna styrningen, i en franchiseorganisation utan företagsägda enheter, ser ut och hur den används.MetodEn kvalitativ studie har utförts samt ett abduktivt tillvägagångssätt har använts. Semistrukturerade intervjuer har varit den främsta metoden för att samla in data.SlutsatsSkillnader har setts i styrningen inom franchising i jämförelse med Malmi och Browns (2008) styrpaket. I uppsatsen presenteras också ett förslag på en typologi för styrning i franchiseorganisationer. Franchisekontraktet, benchmarking och interaktiv styrning har visats vara betydande styrmekanismer för franchiseorganisationer.

For this essay, 12 liters of cremated bones from the Viking age grave mound RAÄ Berga 134:1 in Trotteslöv, Berga parish, Småland have been osteologically analysed.  The aim with this paper concerned questions as sex, age, number of individuals and animal species in the grave. Further questions that have been investigated are the relationship between the osteological sexdetermination and artifacts as well as which role animals played in burial rituals and as grave goods.The grave contained a middle-aged woman and a number of sacrificed animals: two horses, two dogs, three birds, a boar and a cat. The bones were fragile and very fragmented. One of the birds was determined as a bird of prey, and that together with findings of horses and dogs indicates hunting with bird of prey, an activity performed only by powerful and wealthy individuals.  The woman was buried in a mound of notable size, and with common grave goods for the time period: Combs, beads, bronze and iron items. An unusual finding was textile which indicates high status. The number of sacrificed animal species also suggests that the grave belonged to a powerful individual. During the Viking age animals generally played an important role in grave rituals and as items to be used by their master in the next life.