Examples of the Research Potential at Inns along Coastlines
Volume 14 (2010): Underwater Archaeology in the Baltic Region, pp. 196–204
Pub. online: 20 December 2010
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
6 September 2010
6 September 2010
Revised
20 December 2010
20 December 2010
Accepted
20 December 2010
20 December 2010
Published
20 December 2010
20 December 2010
Abstract
The article deals with the research potential of inna along the coastline in Sweden and the Åland Islands. Very little research has been done on this kind of establishment in Sweden and Scandinavia. The inn on the island of Koffsan off Sweden and the inn on Rödhamn, Åland Islands, Finland, stand out as examples of what the sites and the archaeological material combined with written sources can tell us about the function of inns in society and about the food and beverages at these establishments. The author also discusses the possibilities to reinterpret some of the earlier results from the site on the Åland Islands.