Vikings in Scotland : : An Archaeological Survey / / James Graham-Campbell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Graham-Campbell, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

This book provides a full overview of the archaeology of the Vikings in Scotland, incorporating many results from the recent period of intense fieldwork and excavation. This work has necessitated a thorough re-appraisal of our knowledge of the process, nature and extent of Scandinavian settlement in Scotland. Concentrating on the Viking and Late Norse periods which span the eight to thirteenth centuries in northern and western Scotland, the chronological range allows for the Norse impact to be placed in its wider context, commencing with the native background. The scope of the book will enable Scotland, archaeologically one of the best documented areas of the Viking world, to be placed in the overall context of the period in Europe. Fully illustrated with over ninety photographs, figures and distribution maps, this book will be accessible to students and teachers of the Viking Age, and the archaeology and history of Scotland, as well as to the general reader. First survey of Viking Archaeology in over 50 years Written by two Viking experts

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Photographic Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Scotland Before the Vikings -- 2 The Norwegian Background -- 3 Sources for Scandinavian Scotland -- 4 Regional Survey Part I: Northern Scotland -- 5 Regional Survey Part II: the West Highlands and Islands -- 6 Regional Survey Part III: South-West, Central, Eastern and Southern Scotland -- 7 Pagan Norse Graves Part It Case Studies -- 8 Pagan Norse Graves Part II: Interpretation -- 9 Viking Period Settlements -- 10 Late Norse Settlements -- 11 The Norse Economy -- 12 Silver and Gold -- 13 Earls and Bishops -- Sources and Further Reading -- Index