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Origin and Development of Managed Meadows in Sweden: A Review Cover

Origin and Development of Managed Meadows in Sweden: A Review

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Open Access
|Apr 2020

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Three still managed wooded meadows. (A) Häverö, in the province of Uppland, Sweden; (B) Nåtö, in the Åland archipelago, Finland; (C) Alvena, on the island of Gotland, Sweden. Photographs by the author.

Table 1

A summary of approximate time periods, relevant for Sweden, and referred to in the text.

Neolithic3900–1800 BC
Bronze Age1800–500 BC
Iron Age500 BC–AD 1050
Pre-Roman Iron Age500 BC–AD
Roman Iron AgeAD–AD 400
Vendel PeriodAD 550–790
Viking PeriodAD 790–1050
Table 2

The components associated with infield meadows which are examined and discussed in the text.

Harvesting fodder
Stalling livestock
Milk production
Use of manure
Crops and permanent fields
Fencing systems
Tools
Settlements and land ownership
Figure 2

Map of Sweden, showing the location of provinces mentioned in the text.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.51 | Journal eISSN: 2002-0104
Language: English
Page range: 2 - 2
Submitted on: Jan 31, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 20, 2020
Published on: Apr 20, 2020
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2020 Ove Eriksson, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.