Viking Archaeology In Iceland
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Viking Archaeology In Iceland
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Author : Davide Zori
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2014
Viking Archaeology In Iceland written by Davide Zori and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Antiquities categories.
The Viking North Atlantic differs significantly from the popular image of violent raids and destruction characterizing the Viking Age in Northern Europe. In Iceland, Scandinavian seafarers discovered and settled a large uninhabited island. In order to survive and succeed, they adapted lifestyles and social strategies to a new environment. The result was a new society, the Icelandic Free State. This volume examines the Viking Age in Iceland through the discoveries and excavations of the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) in Iceland's Mosfell Valley. Directed by Professor Jesse Byock, with Field Director Davide Zori, MAP brings together scholars and researchers from Iceland, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. The Project incorporates the disciplines of archaeology, history, saga studies, osteology, zoology, paleobotany, genetics, isotope studies, place names studies, environmental science, and historical architecture. The decade-long research of MAP has led to the discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved Viking chieftain's farmstead, including a longhouse, pagan cremation site, a conversion-era stave church, and a Christian graveyard. The research results presented here tell the story of how the Mosfell Valley developed from a ninth-century settlement of Norse seafarers into a powerful Icelandic chieftaincy of the Viking Age.
Viking Age Iceland
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Author : Jesse L Byock
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2001-02-22
Viking Age Iceland written by Jesse L Byock and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-22 with History categories.
Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. 'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant reconstruction of the inner workings of a unique and intriguing society.
Into The Ocean
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Author : Kristján Ahronson
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Into The Ocean written by Kristján Ahronson and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with History categories.
"With Into the Ocean, Kristjan Ahronson makes two dramatic claims: that there were people in Iceland almost a century before Viking settlers first arrived c. AD 870, and that there was a tangible relationship between the early Christian 'Irish' communities of the Atlantic zone and the Scandinavians who followed them." - Book jacket.
Age Of Wolf And Wind
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Author : Davide Zori
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-01-02
Age Of Wolf And Wind written by Davide Zori and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-02 with History categories.
The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure. In Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World, author Davide Zori argues that recent advances in excavation and archaeological science, coupled with a re-evaluation of oral traditions and written sources, inspire the telling of new and engaging stories that further our understanding of the Viking Age. Drawing upon his fieldwork experience across the Viking world, he proposes that the best method for weaving together these narratives is a balanced, interdisciplinary approach that integrates history, archaeology, and new scientific techniques. The book delves into key questions of the Viking Age, such as the motivations of Scandinavians to board open wooden ships to raid England or cross the North Atlantic in search of new worlds beyond Europe. Each chapter offers new conclusions about the Vikings--their views on death, their raiding tactics, their lavish feasts, their forging of powerful medieval states, and many others. In each case, Zori brings together written sources, archaeology, and the natural sciences. The dialogues he creates between these three separate data sets result in an entanglement of confirmation (texts, archaeology, and science affirming the same story), contradiction (texts, archaeology, and science telling incompatible stories) and complementarity (texts, archaeology, and science contributing mutually enriching stories). This optimistic yet critical treatment of the sources allows for a holistic picture of the Viking Age to emerge, one that is accessible to a general audience but simultaneously offers new insights into current key issues of scholarly debate.
Hofsta Ir
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Author : Colleen E. Batey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Hofsta Ir written by Colleen E. Batey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Viking Settlements And Viking Society
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Author : Anton Holt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Viking Settlements And Viking Society written by Anton Holt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The Viking congresses bring together scholars of archaeology, philology, history, toponymy, numismatics and a number of other disciplines to discuss the Viking Age from a variety of viewpoints. This volume contains 31 peer-reviewed papers selected from those presented at the 16th Viking congress held in Reykjavík and Reykholt in Iceland in August 2009. It lives up to the interdisciplinary challenge by covering a wide range of subjects, rooted in the past, but connecting to the present with a discussion of the role of Viking studies in education and their contribution to understanding the environmental issues of the present.
Landscapes Of Gender Age And Cosmology
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Author : Ruth Ann Maher
language : en
Publisher: BAR International
Release Date : 2013
Landscapes Of Gender Age And Cosmology written by Ruth Ann Maher and has been published by BAR International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
The purpose of this Viking-Age Icelandic study is to look beyond the catalogues of data already in the record and put the information in its social context. This study shows that the internal and external aspects of any grave reveal not only information about the deceased, but also about his or her family, society and, most importantly, the ideological realms of the people burying the dead, which was, relatively recently, not considered accessible from material remains. In so doing, the catalogues of internal data were anthropologically interpreted with the help of external information to provide an image of the society, showing differences based on age and gender and the role cosmology played in burial placement. In addition, this study shows that using Geographical Information Systems does not limit research to statements of quantity. GIS can be used to explore a range of subjects including qualitative analysis and cognitive choices. This is achieved by integrating Cognitive, Landscape and Mortuary theory; and Gender and Age approaches to the burial sites of pre-Christian Viking period Iceland. The approach of this study, therefore, is to analyse the internal grave structures and artefact inclusions and the external surroundings to draw out the meanings, symbols and behaviours behind those materials that define the culture.
The Settlement Of Iceland
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Author : Bjarni F. Einarsson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Settlement Of Iceland written by Bjarni F. Einarsson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Archaeology, Medieval categories.
Viking Law And Order
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Author : Sanmark Alexandra Sanmark
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Viking Law And Order written by Sanmark Alexandra Sanmark and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with Law categories.
Until very recently Viking and Norse assembly sites were essentially unknown, apart from a few select sites, such as Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings are well-known for their violence and pillage, but they also had a well-organised system for political decision-making, legal cases and conflict resolution. Using archaeological evidence, written sources and place-names, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of their legal system and assembly sites, showing that this formed an integral part of Norse culture and identity, to the extent that the assembly institution was brought to all Norse settlements.Sites are analysed through surveys and case studies across Scandinavia, Scotland and the North Atlantic region. The author moves the view of assembly sites away from a functional one to an understanding of the symbolic meaning of these highly ritualised sites, and shows how they were constructed to signify power through monuments and natural features. This original and stimulating study is set not only in the context of the Viking and Norse periods, but also in the wider continental histories of place, assembly and the rhetoric of power.
Viking Language 1
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Author : Jesse L. Byock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-11
Viking Language 1 written by Jesse L. Byock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with History categories.
2nd upgraded edition of Viking Language 1 in new smaller book size. Everything necessary to learn Old Norse, the language of the Iceland and Old Scandinavia. For beginner to advanced, graded lessons, saga readings, runes, myths, old Icelandic, grammar exercises, pronunciation, vocabulary and study guides. www.oldnorse.org and vikinglanguage.com