En öländsk historia
Fornborgar och övriga delar av södra och mellersta Ölands järnålderssamhälle
ÖlandFortificationsSettlementGravesLandscapeMigration PeriodRoman Iron AgeÖlandFornborgarBebyggelsemönsterGravarLandskapFolkvandringstidRomersk järnålder
This essay is focused on Öland during the Iron Age, with focus specifically on the Roman Iron Age and the Migration period. The study takes its starting point in the large number of fortifications that was active across Öland at the time. The essays main area of investigation will be the central and southern parts of Öland as the fortifications, together with other parts of the Iron Age society around them such as graves and settlement, will be presented. The landscape in which the fortifications and their surroundings are placed will also be described. With the Migration Period being a keyword for almost all the fortifications on Öland, the subject will also be to describe if any sort of change can be seen in the settlement patterns during this unstable and troubled time. This will all be presented trough sources describing work of the archaeological investigations that has been done in those places.