The Viking Age in Scotland

Studies in Scottish Scandinavian Archaeology

Tom Horne, Elizabeth Pierce, Rachel Barrowman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

292 Seiten

2024
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-8583-8 (ISBN)

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Presents an overview of recent archaeological discoveries made from Viking Age and Norse Scotland, showing how advances in scientific analysis have improved our understanding.

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).

List of Tables List of FiguresList of Abbreviations Acknowledgements The Contributors PrefaceA Dedication to Colleen BateyForeword by Judith Jesch

Before Vikings in Scotland – A Brief History of Viking-age Archaeology in ScotlandOlwyn Owen

Part I. Arrival of the Vikings and Native-Norse Interactions

1. Landnám and Landscape in Viking OrkneyDavid Griffiths

2. What Does Landnám Look Like? Excavations at Swandro and Old ScatnessStephen J. Dockrill and Julie M. Bond

3. The Tarbat Peninsula in Northern Pictland: Portmahomack as a Case Study in Native-Norse Interaction during the 9th to 11th Centuries Cecily Spall

4. Echoes of Native-Norse Relationships in the Archaeology at St Ninian’s Isle, ShetlandRachel Barrowman

Part II. Scandinavian Settlement

5. The Use of Space in Norse Houses: Some Observations from the HebridesNiall Sharples

6. Hamar and Underhoull, Unst: Settlement in Northernmost ScotlandJulie M. Bond and Stephen J. Dockrill

7. Investigating the Origins of Steatite Vessels across the Viking DiasporaAmanda K. Forster and Richard E. Jones

8. Machair Bharabhais, Leòdhas: a Scandinavian Settlement in its ContextMary Macleod Rivett and Trevor Cowie

Part III. Place-names: Interactions with the Landscape

9. Norse Settlement in the Southern Hebrides: the Place-name Evidence from IslayAlan Macniven

10. Understanding the Norse Period through Place-names Evidence: a Case Study from the Island of MullAlasdair C. Whyte

11. The Church and Gaelic-Norse Contact in the HebridesThomas Owen Clancy

Part IV. Environmental Impact and Land Use

12. Isotope Zooarchaeology in Viking Scotland: Previous Research, Possibilities and Future DirectionsJennifer R. Jones

13. Feasts, Food and Fodder: Viking and Late Norse Farming Systems in ScotlandIngrid Mainland

14. Norse Shielings in Scotland: An Example of Cultural ContactRyan Foster

Part V. Power and the Political Landscape

15. Thing-sites and the Political Landscape in the NorthAlexandra Sanmark

16. The Brough of Birsay, OrkneyChristopher D. Morris

17. The Earl’s Bu, Orphir, OrkneyColleen E. Batey

18. Revisiting Tuquoy - Still Full of Surprises…Olwyn Owen

19. The Lewis Hoard of Gaming Pieces – Evoking and Reassembling a Viking Past? Mark A. Hall and David H. Caldwell

Part VI. Economy and Exchange

20. The Viking-Age Silver and Gold of ScotlandJames Graham-Campbell

21. The Galloway HoardMartin Goldberg

22. Viking and Norse Bullion Economies in Scandinavian ScotlandTom Horne

23. Small Finds, Big Questions: Two Decades of Research on Combs in Viking-Age ScotlandSteven P. Ashby

Part VII. Death and Burial

24. The 'Pagan Norse Graves of Scotland’ Research ProjectJames Graham-Campbell, Caroline Paterson and Stephen Harrison

25. Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan: A Viking Boat BurialColleen E. Batey

26. Carrick, Mid Ross: A Viking Cemetery on Loch LomondColleen E. Batey

Afterword: Major Advances and Future DirectionsColleen E. Batey and James Graham-Campbell

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2024
Zusatzinfo	83 black and white illustrations, 8 black and white tables
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4744-8583-9 / 1474485839
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-8583-8 / 9781474485838
Zustand	Neuware