Artifact research data, Series I.
1940-1975
Physical Description:
4.7 Linear Feet
(19 boxes)
Scope and Contents note
The organization and sequencing of the materials in this series preserves Oldeberg's original arrangement. His inventory of
artifacts falls into three initial groups. The bulk of the material is a group of cards cataloging objects made from a variety
of metals. The metals represented here include gold, silver, iron, bronze, copper and lead. This main group of objects is
supplemented by a separate, small group of silver objects, as well as a group of related wooden objects. Oldeberg's large
initial grouping of general metal objects is further subdivided into four chronological and cultural groups. Each box in the
container list below holds the contents of one of Oldeberg's original boxes. The original boxes were labeled with a chronological
period, but the intended order of the multiple boxes for each period and the precise relationship of the cards within each
of these boxes remains unclear.
box 1
Bronze Age
Container Summary: 191 items
box 2, box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7
Iron Age
Container Summary: 1346 items
box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11, box 12, box 13
Viking Age
Container Summary: 1072 items
box 14, box 15, box 16, box 17
Middle Ages
Container Summary: 696 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes 5 frames of negatives and 1 color transparency.
box 18
Silver objects
Container Summary: 140 items
box 19
Wooden objects
Container Summary: 204 items
Scope and Contents note
Arranged geographically, from south to north.
Analysis of metal artifacts Series II.
1952-1965, undated
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
box 20, folder 1-4
Photomicrography and radiograph images of objects,
undated
Container Summary: 224 items
box 21, folder 1-2
Reports on analyses of metal objects,
1952-1965
Container Summary: 60 leaves
Scope and Contents note
Reports on the microscopic analysis of metal objects from the Institut för Metallforskning.