The Viking Age in Scotland : : Studies in Scottish Scandinavian Archaeology / / ed. by Tom Horne.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Ashby, Steven P.,; Barrowman, Rachel,; Batey, Colleen E.,; Bond, Julie M.,; Caldwell, David H.,; Clancy, Thomas Owen,; Cowie, Trevor,; Dockrill, Stephen J.,; Forster, Amanda K.,; Foster, Ryan,; Goldberg, Martin,; Graham-Campbell, James,; Griffiths, David,; Hall, Mark A.,; Harrison, Stephen,; Horne, Tom,; Jesch, Judith,; Jones, Jennifer R.,; Jones, Richard E.,; Macniven, Alan,; Mainland, Ingrid,; Morris, Christopher D.,; Owen, Olwyn,; Rivett, Mary MacLeod,; Sanmark, Alexandra,; Sharples, Niall,; Spall, Cecily,; Whyte, Alasdair C.,
• HerausgeberIn: Horne, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.) :; 83 B/W illustrations 8 B/W tables 91 black and white illustrations

Provides an overview of recent discoveries from Viking Age and Norse ScotlandTwenty years after the last major holistic contribution by EUP, this book will be central to shaping studies of Viking and Norse Scotland, becoming an essential purchase for students, educators, and the general reader alike Brings together results from excavations and other research from the past 20 years to give readers an overarching view of Viking Scotland from a variety of geographical locations and contextsThematic approach aids the book’s flow, allowing readers to understand individual sites and related dataProvides a ‘way in’ for new researchers to current and recently-published findings written by the foremost experts in the fieldOffers journalists and media up-to-date and peer-reviewed background studies on finds like the Galloway Hoard, aiding outreach and public understanding of researchThe Viking Age in Scotland reviews two decades of research that have taken place since the last archaeological survey of the Vikings in Scotland, published in 1998. Advances in scientific analysis have greatly improved our understanding of Scandinavian daily life between the late eighth and fifteenth centuries, and new discoveries like the Galloway Hoard are extending our knowledge of Viking Age and Norse Scotland’s international connections. Consequently, this book brings the study of Scottish Scandinavian archaeology into the new century, updating researchers on the latest finds and theories. In an engaging but scholarly volume that flows between chapters, expert authors guide the reader through the latest interdisciplinary research, from arrival and settlement to death and burial, via economy and exchange, power and politics, and environmental impact. Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Viking Scotland, and a key resource for teachers and students.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- The Contributors -- Preface -- A Dedication to Colleen Batey -- Foreword -- Before Vikings in Scotland: A Brief History of Viking-Age Archaeology in Scotland -- Part I. The Arrival of the Vikings and Native–Norse Interactions -- 1. Landnám and Landscape in Viking Orkney -- 2. What Does Landnám Look Like? Excavations at Swandro and Old Scatness -- 3. The Tarbat Peninsula in Northern Pictland: Portmahomack as a Case Study in Native–Norse Interaction during the 9th to 11th Centuries -- 4. Echoes of Native–Norse Relationships in the Archaeology at St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland -- Part II. Scandinavian Settlement -- 5. The Use of Space in Norse Houses: Some Observations from the Hebrides -- 6. Hamar and Underhoull, Unst: Settlement in Northernmost Scotland -- 7. Investigating the Origins of Steatite Vessels across the Viking Diaspora -- 8. Machair Bharabhais, Leòdhas: A Scandinavian Settlement in its Context -- Part III. Place-names: Interactions with the Landscape -- 9. Norse Settlement in the Southern Hebrides: The Place-name Evidence from Islay -- 10. Understanding the Norse Period through Place-name Evidence: A Case Study from the Island of Mull -- 11. The Church and Gaelic–Norse Contact in the Hebrides -- Part IV. Environmental Impact and Land Use -- 12. Isotope Zooarchaeology in Viking Scotland: Previous Research, Possibilities and Future Directions -- 13. Feasts, Food and Fodder: Viking and Late Norse Farming Systems in Scotland -- 14. Norse Shielings in Scotland: An Example of Cultural Contact -- Part V. Power and the Political Landscape -- 15. Thing-sites and the Political Landscape in the North -- 16. The Brough of Birsay, Orkney -- 17. The Earl’s Bu, Orphir, Orkney -- 18. Revisiting Tuquoy – Still Full of Surprises . . . -- 19. The Lewis Hoard of Gaming Pieces – Evoking and Reassembling a Viking Past? -- Part VI. Economy and Exchange -- 20. The Viking-Age Silver and Gold of Scotland -- 21. The Galloway Hoard -- 22. Viking and Norse Bullion Economies in Scandinavian Scotland -- 23. Small Finds, Big Questions: Two Decades of Research on Combs in Viking-Age Scotland -- Part VII. Death and Burial -- 24. The ‘Pagan Norse Graves of Scotland’ Research Project James Graham-Campbell, Caroline Paterson and -- 25. Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan: A Viking Boat Burial -- 26. Carrick, Mid Ross: A Viking Cemetery on Loch Lomond -- Afterword: Major Advances and Future Directions -- Index