Viking Worlds : Things, Spaces and Movement / edited by Marianne Hem Eriksen, Unn Pedersen, Bernt Rundberget, Irmelin Axelsen, Heidi Lund Berg.
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Hardcover edition. |
| Publication | Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015. |
| Description | ix, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Eriksen, Marianne Hem, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Rundblad, Bengt G., 1925- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Pedersen, Unn, 1973- editor. |
| Other author/creator | Axelsen, Irmelin, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Berg, Heidi Lund, editor. |
| Contents | From Ginnungagap to the Ragnarök: archaeologies of the Viking worlds / Neil Price -- Part I. Real and ideal spaces -- Powerful space: the iron-age hall and its development during the Viking age / Lydia Carstens -- Húsdrápa: a Skaldic poem in context / Joanne Shortt Butler -- Courtyard sites in western Norway: central assembly places and judicial institutions in the late iron age / Asle Bruen Olsen -- Place names and settlement development around an aristocratic residence: thoughts from an on-going study of the hinterland of Tissø / Sofie Laurine Albris -- The powerful ring: door rings, oath rings and the sacral place / Marianne Hem Eriksen -- Part II. Gendered things, gendered spaces? -- She came from another place: on the burial of a young girl in Birka / Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson -- Roles and perceptions of shielings and the mediation of gender identities in Viking and medieval Iceland / Patrycja Kupiec and Karen Milek -- "Truth" and reproduction of knowledge: critical thoughts on the interpretation and understanding of iron-age keys / Heidi Lund Berg -- Part II. Production, exchange and movement -- Manors and markets: continental perspectives on Viking-age trade and exchange / Bjarne Gaut -- Making the cloth that binds us: the role of textile production in producing Viking-age identities / Ben Cartwright -- Leadworking in Viking-age Norway / Unn Pedersen -- Isotopic analysis of silver from Hedeby and some nearby hoards: preliminary results / Stephen Merkel, Andreas Hauptmann, Volker Hilberg and Robert Lehmann -- Vikings in Poland: a critical overview / Leszek Gardela. |
| General note | Based on papers presented at the international conference "Viking Worlds," held at the University of Oslo in March 2013. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Viking worlds. Hardcover edition. Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2014 9781782977285 |
| LCCN | 2014040011 |
| ISBN | 9781782977278 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1782977279 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | (digital) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DL65 .V548 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |