Imprints from the past: great mounds in Mälardalen during the Iron Age.

Within the archaeological field large mounds has been a topic of interest since the 17th century. The thought of large mounds as monuments of power during the Iron Age has long been the established way of understanding them. They are believed to contain mighty and wealthy lords, or at least they are preferred to contain men. The purpose of this paper is to look into the mounds content and examine if these contents justify the established theories within the archeological field or if they are cause for dispute.