The Viking Age in Scotland : studies in Scottish Scandinavian archaeology
Horne, Tom2023
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Presents an overview of recent archaeological discoveries made from Viking Age and Norse Scotland, showing how advances in scientific analysis have improved our understanding.
Main title:
The Viking Age in Scotland : studies in Scottish Scandinavian archaeology / edited by Tom Horne, Elizabeth Pierce, Rachel Barrowman.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
Collation:
xx, 340 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Audience:
Specialized.
Contents:
List of tables - - List of figures - - List of abbreviations - - Acknowledgements - - The contributors - - Preface - - A dedication to Colleen Batey - - Foreword by Judith Jesch - - Before Vikings in Scotland: a brief history of Viking-Age archaeology in Scotland / Olwyn Owen - - Part I. The arrival of the Vikings and native-Norse interactions - - Landnám and landscape in Viking Orkney / David Griffith - - What does Landnám look like? Excavations at Swandro and Old Scatness / Stephen J. Dockerill and Julie M. Bond - - The Tarbat Peninsula in Northern Pictland: Portmahomack as a case study in native-Norse interaction during the 9th to 11th centuries / Cecily Spall - - Echoes of native-Norse relationships in the archaelogy at St. Ninian's Isle, Shetland / Rachel Barrowman - - Part II. Scandinavian settlement - - The use of space in Norse houses: some observations from the Hebrides / Niall Sharples - - Hamar and Underhoull, Unst: settlement in Northernmost Scotland / Julie M. Bond and Stephen J. Dockerill - - Investigating the origins of Steatite vessels across the Viking diaspora / Amanda K. Foster and Richard E. Jones - - Machair Bharabhais, Leodhas: a scandinavian settlement in its context / Mary MacLeod Rivett and Trevor Cowie - - Part III. Place-names: interactions with the landscape - - Norse settlement in the Southern Hebrides: the place-name evidence from Islay / Alan Macniven - - Understanding the Norse Period through place-name evidence: a case study from the Island of Mull / Alasdair C. Whyte - - The church and Gaelic-Norse contact in the Hebrides / Thomas Owen Clancy - - Part IV. Environmental impact and land use - - Isotope zooarchaeology in Viking Scotland: previous research, possibilities and future directions / Jennifer R. Jones - - Feasts, food and fodder: Vikings and late Norse farming systems in Scotland / Ingrid Mainland - - Norse shielings in Scotland: an example of cultural contact / Ryan Foster - - Part V. Power and political landscape - - Thing-sites and the political landscape in the North / Alexandra Sanmark - - The Brough of Birsay, Orkney / Christopher D. Morris - - The Earl's Bu, Orphir, Orkney / Colleen E. Batey - - Revisiting Tuquoy - still full of surprises... / Olwyn Owen - - The Lewis Hoard of Gaming Pieces - evoking and reassembling a Viking past? / Mark A. Hall and David H. Caldwell - - Part VI. Economy and exchange - - The Viking-Age silver and gold of Scotland / James Graham-Campbell - - The Galloway Hoard / Martin Goldberg - - Viking and Norse bullion economics in Scandinavian Scotland / Tom Horne - - Small finds, big questions: two decades of research on combs in Viking-Age Scotland / Steven P. Ashby - - Part VII. Death and burial - - The 'Pagan Norse Graves of Scotland' research project / James Graham-Campbell, Caroline Paterson and Stephen Harrison - - Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan: a Viking boat burial / Colleen E. Batey - - Carrick, Mid Ross: a Viking cemetery on Loch Lomond / Colleen E. Batey - - Afterword: major advances and future directions / Colleen E. Batey and James Graham-Campbell.
ISBN:
9781474485821 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.1
LC class:
DA775
Local class:
Lo 941.101941.101
Language:
English
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BRN:
3250677
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