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- ISBN 9781474485838
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2024
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The 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.
Tom Horne is an affiliated researcher at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain: Trade Networks and the Importation of a Southern Scandinavian Silver Bullion Economy (Routledge, 2022). He has also written about silver economies in Scandinavian Scotland. University of Glasgow Rachel Barrowman is a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow who has worked on early medieval/late Iron Age and Norse period research projects in Scotland, including editing The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3 (Oxbow Books, 2021) and her publication of St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland (Society for Medieval Archaeology 2011). Her research focus is now on the Isle of Lewis, where she has published work on the late medieval clan stronghold of Dùn Èistean (Acair Ltd 2015) and the chapel-sites of Lewis (Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 2020).
