Re: [tied] Scandinavian Goths?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11690
Date: 2001-12-06

Here's my translation of the passage quoted by George:

We,siory, village in the Kashubian Lake District (Pomeranian
Province), ca. 13 km north of Kos'cierzyna. A biritual
burial ground, used between the late first and the third
century AD by people of the Wielbark culture, has been
discovered near the village. Characteristic features of the
necropolis include tumuli, stone circles and graves with
upright steles; their closest analogues are found among the
so-called _dommaringar_ of Scandinavia. The burial rite, in
view of ancient writers (Tacitus, Claudius Ptolemy,
Jordanes), allows the identification of the people buried at
We,siory as members of the Gothic and Gepidic tribes.

Piotr


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