Tumathorp in South-Eastern Scania

A Study of an Early Medieval Town (Kungalev)

Authors

  • Torbjörn Brorsson Laboratory for Ceramic Research, University of Lund
  • Lars Jönsson Malmö Kulturmiljö (Malmö Heritage) and Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Lund

Abstract

Östra Tommarp in south-eastern Scania is one of Scania's oldest towns, along with Lund and Helsingborg. In theTax Register of King Valdemar Sejr (Kong Valdemars Jordebog or Liber Census Daniae) from the 1230s, Tommarp is described as a kungalev, implying that the foundation of the town may have been preceded by a royal estate. Archaeological investigations at Östra Tommarp have led to the recovery and analysis of comprehensive find material from the High Middle Ages in particular.

This study aims to shed light on Tommarp's earliest phase and interpret when the royal estate may have been established at the site. The authors have worked with the entire archaeological find material and documentary material from the area around the medieval town. The study covers the period up until 1155 when a Premonstratensian monastery was founded in Tommarp, probably on the site of an earlier royal estate.

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Published

2005-01-01

Issue

Vol. 10 (2004)

Section

Articles