Definition:
The modern town of Uppsala about 45 miles northwest of Stockholm, Sweden, and adjacent to it is a Viking period site called Gamla. Gamla Uppsala consists of four earthen mounds, three in a row called the King's Mounds, and one off to the side, called Thing Mound. There is also a Viking period cemetery of several hundred burials and the ruins of an 11th century church.
Excavations of the King's Mounds were conducted several times between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, and recovered four Viking rune stones, a silver hoard, and four Viking boat graves.
This glossary entry is a part of the About.com Guide to the Vikings, and part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.
