Gold Bracteate Paper On-Line

Back in August, I blogged about a paper I'd written on the chronology and iconography of Migration Period gold bracteates. It was published around the New Year and is now also available on-line in English. Please tell me what you think!


Rundkvist, Martin. 2006. Notes on Axboe's and Malmer's gold bracteate chronologies. Fornvännen 2006:5. KVHAA. Stockholm.

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Hello Martin,
I'm a Brit and a somewhat new reader (and blogger). However, I do intend to make daily returns to look at posts on your blogsite. Needless to say as I'm involved in archaeological research it is the archaeological content of your blog that appeals.