Local supply and long-distance imports: New evidence for the origin of brass, copper and lead at Helgö
Journal: Fornvännen
Year: 2024

Long-running excavations at the ‘central place’ of Helgö in Lake Mälaren uncovered an unprecedented range of primary metal alloys, mainly in association with a Migration-period workshop. Since primary metals are extremely rare in Migration-period contexts, the source(s) of these metals is a central question with the potential to yield new insights into resource acquisition, international contacts and supply and exchange networks in fifth- to early sixth-century Sweden. Using a combination of lea