Kaupang in Skiringssal /

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Imprint:	[Oslo] : Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (502 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Norske oldfunn ; 22. Kaupang Excavation Project publication series ; v. 1 Norske oldfunn ; 22. Norske oldfunn. Kaupang Excavation Project publication series ; v. 1.
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Norway. Viking antiquities -- Norway. Excavations (Archaeology) Viking antiquities. Kaupang Site (Norway) Norway. Norway -- Kaupang Site. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301842

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Other authors / contributors:	Skre, Dagfinn. Universitetet i Oslo. Kulturhistorisk museum. Kaupang Undersøkelsen.
ISBN:	9788779349667 8779349668 8779342590 9788779342590
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-498).
Summary:	In this, the first of six volumes, the main results of the excavations which the University of Oslo carried out at Kaupang 1998-2003 are presented. A completely new picture is put forward of the port that the adventurer Ohthere visited in c. 890. It is now clear that Kaupang was one of the four Scandinavian towns that were founded around the year 800. Kaupang is connected to the power centre of Skiringssal, to the Ynglings - the legendary Norwegian royal lineage, and to the King of the Danes - the dominant political actor in south-west Scandinavia.Kaupang is shown to have had several of the sa.
Other form:	Print version: Kaupang in Skiringssal. [Oslo] : Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, ©2007

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