This book provides an overview of the archaeology of the Vikings in Scotland, concentrating on the eighth to thirteenth centuries in northern and western Scotland.
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This book provides the reader with a much-needed comprehensive overview of the Viking period in Scotland. Incorporating the latest results from the recent period of intense excavation and fieldwork, it presents a thorough re-appraisal of our knowledge of the process, nature and extent of Scandinavian settlement in Scotland. A varied, up-to-date archaeological survey ... a comprehensive overview. This book provides the reader with a much-needed comprehensive overview of the Viking period in Scotland. Incorporating the latest results from the recent period of intense excavation and fieldwork, it presents a thorough re-appraisal of our knowledge of the process, nature and extent of Scandinavian settlement in Scotland. A varied, up-to-date archaeological survey ... a comprehensive overview.
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James Graham-Campbell is professor of medieval archaeology at University College London.
Colleen Batey is curator of archaeology at Glasgow Museums.
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Icelandic historians of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries believed that Harald Finehair, who died about AD 930, was the first king to have ruled over the whole of Norway. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
oval brooches, period hoards, mixed hoard, steatite vessels, midden dumps, midden material, antler combs, artefactual assemblage, parent dwelling, penannular brooch, pagan graves, artefactual evidence, silver hoards, settlement mound, midden deposits, iron rivets, structural remains, female burial, female grave, horizontal mill, period pottery, period archaeology, period burials, runic inscriptions, pagan burial Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scandinavian Scotland, Brough of Birsay, Isle of Man, North Uist, Kiloran Bay, Freswick Links, Storr Rock, Western Isles, Northern Isles, Saevar Howe, Irish Sea, Brough Road, Iron Age, South Uist, Papa Stour, Robert's Haven, Central Lowlands, Old Norse, Inner Hebrides, Christopher Morris, National Museum, Outer Hebrides, Barbara Crawford, Earl Rognvald, Earl Thorfinn New!
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Icelandic historians of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries believed that Harald Finehair, who died about AD 930, was the first king to have ruled over the whole of Norway. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
oval brooches, period hoards, mixed hoard, steatite vessels, midden dumps, midden material, antler combs, artefactual assemblage, parent dwelling, penannular brooch, pagan graves, artefactual evidence, silver hoards, settlement mound, midden deposits, iron rivets, structural remains, female burial, female grave, horizontal mill, period pottery, period archaeology, period burials, runic inscriptions, pagan burial Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scandinavian Scotland, Brough of Birsay, Isle of Man, North Uist, Kiloran Bay, Freswick Links, Storr Rock, Western Isles, Northern Isles, Saevar Howe, Irish Sea, Brough Road, Iron Age, South Uist, Papa Stour, Robert's Haven, Central Lowlands, Old Norse, Inner Hebrides, Christopher Morris, National Museum, Outer Hebrides, Barbara Crawford, Earl Rognvald, Earl Thorfinn New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Viking Empires by Angelo Forte on page 128, page 132, and Back Matter
- Die Deutschen und das europäische Mittelalter: Die Welt der Wikinger: BD 1 in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Britain in the First Millennium (Britain and Europe) by Edward James in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520 by Christopher Dyer in Back Matter
- Edward the Elder: 899-924 by N.J. Higham on page 198
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