44(j NORSK NAVAL AKCHITECTUEE. 



again resemble the Northland fishing boats of the present day, is ob- 

 tained from the so-called 



II. — Skibss^tninger,^ 



(Stenskeppar, Skeppshogar, Skeppsformer;^ Schiffsetzungen; Wella- 

 Laiwe, Teufelsboote, or Steinscbiffe)^ or rows of stones set in such a 

 manner as to form the outlines of boats, and which were employed for 

 sepulchral purposes by the Vikiugs. 



Sweden is the center of distribution of Korske boat-shaped groups. 

 They occur in Bohuslan, Schonen, Blekingen, Oeland, Gotland, Nericke, 

 and Upland.'' Similar structures have been found near Stralsund, Ger- 

 many.-'* and in the Baltic provinces of Courland,^ and Estnish Livonia'^ 

 of Eussia " 



In Courland, Russia, only seven of these positions have been dis- 

 covered, all being located in the diocese of Erwahlen,^ and with one ex- 

 ception they occur in pairs, situated behind each other. The outlines 

 of long, narrow, and pointed vessels are represented by a single row of 

 stones. The stem and stern posts are shown by large bowlders, thus 

 indicating for these parts a considerable elevation above the bulwark 



1 C. Engelhardt : Denmark in the Early Iron Age, London, 1866, pp. 38,39. 



^Bidrag til Ktiuuedom om Goteborgs och Bohusliins Fornminnen. 

 •^C. Grewiugk: Die Steiuschifie vou MnscLing iind die Wella-Laiwe oder Teufels- 

 boote von Kurlaud iiberhaupt. Dorpat, 1878. Doring, J. : Die Teufelsbootevou Kur- 

 land. Sitzuugsberichte der Gesellschaft fiir Literatur uud Kunst, 1860-1863. Mitau, 

 1864. Berg, C. : Notiz iiu Correspoud(iuzblatt der Naturfor. Gesellsch. zu Riga, xx, 

 1872. 



*Arcbiv liir Authropologie, x, pp. 83,84. 



5 Hageuow : lu Baltische Studien der Ges. f. Pommerscbe Gescbichte, xv, 2, p. 49. 

 Archiv fiir Antbropologie, x, p. 82. 



^Grewingk: Zur Antbropologie des Balticums und Russlands. Im Arcbiv fiir 

 Antbropologie, X, pp. 73-100; 297-300. Grewingk, C: Die Steinscbiffe vou Musching 

 und die Wella-Laiwe oder Teufels-boote vou Kurlaud. Grewiugk, C. : Steinalter der 

 Ostseeproviuzeu. Dorpat, 1865, p. 45. Doring, J. : Im Sitzuugsbericbt der Gesellscb. 

 f. Literatur uud Kunst. Mitau, 1864, p. 154. Berg: Im Correspoudenzblatt des Na- 

 turforscbeudeu Vereius zu Riga, xx, 1872, No. 7. Burcbardt : In : Baltiscbe Mouats- 

 scbrift, xxiv. Riga, 1875. 



'^ Sievers, Graf C. : Verbaudluugen der estu. Gesellschaft zu Dorpat, viii, Heft 3, 

 1876. Sie vers, Graf C. : Verhandlungen der Berliner Gesellschaft fiir Antbropologie, 

 October 1875. ■ Si tzungsbericbte der estu. Gesellschaft. May, November, December, 

 187(i. Arcbiv fiir Antbropologie, x, p. 79. 



*Sitzung8berichte der Gesellschaft fiir Geschicbte der Ostseeprovinzeji, 1875, Riga, 

 1876, p. 54. 



9 Grewingk, C. ; Die Steinscbiffe von Musching und die Wella-Laiwe oder Teufels- 

 boote Kurlauds iiberhaupt. Dorpat, 1878. Zur Archaeologie des Balticums und Russ- 

 lands. Im Archiv fiir Antbropologie, x, p. 73. Doring : In : Sitzungsberichte der Ges. 

 f. Literatur uud Kunst. Mitau, 1864, p. 154. Grewingk : Steinalter der Ostseeprov- 

 inzen, Dorpat, 1865, p. 45. Berg: In Correspondenzblatt des Naturfor. Vereius zu 

 Riga, XX, 1872, No. 7. Burcbardt : In : Baltische Mouatsscbrift, xxiv, Riga, 1875. 

 Archiv fiir Authropologie, x, p. 75. 



