Kaupang in Skiringssal /
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| Imprint: | [Oslo] : Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, ©2007. |
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| 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. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301842 |
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The ambitions of the Kaupang Excavation Project; About the current volume; Future publications; 1.2 Kaupang and Skiringssal in the archaeology of the Viking Period; 1.3 Exploring the distant past; Part I: Background; 2. Exploring Skiringssal 1771-1999; 2.1 The literati and the antiquarians 1771-1850; 2.2 The historian and the archaeologist 1850-1867; 2.3 A modest revival 1901-1902; 2.4 Advances in Skiringssal research 1909-1950
- 2.5 The breakthrough: Charlotte Blindheim's excavations 1950-1974 and publications 1960-19993. Preparing the New Campaign; 3.1 Scandinavian urban sites prior to AD 1000: the central issues; Defining the town; Research on the early urban sites of Scandinavia; New excavations at Kaupang; 3.2 Skiringssal: a central place; 3.3 A wider scope of questions; 4. Skiringssal, Kaupang, Tjølling
- the Toponymic Evidence; 4.1 The Early Iron-age names; 4.2 The Late Iron-age and Viking-age names; 4.3 Summary; 5. The Kaupang Cemeteries Revisited; 5.1 The cemeteries; Søndre Kaupang (Ka. 150-166)
- Nordre Kaupang (Ka. 1-73)Hagejordet (Ka. 125-134); Bikjholberget (Ka. 250-323); Lamøya (Ka. 200-230); Bjønnes; Vikingholmen; 5.2 Number of burials; 5.3 The dated burials; The 9th and 10th centuries; The late 10th century; 5.4 The dead; The gendered burials; Weapon combinations; The chronology of the imported finds; Population estimate; 5.5 Horizontal stratigraphy; 5.6 Mortuary customs; The treatment of the body; The external structure of the graves; The alignment of the graves; The internal structure of the graves; 5.7 A horseman and a falconer? Ka. 157; 5.8 The horseshoe from Ka. 250
- 5.9 A couple and their sorceress? Ka. 294-296The bronze bowl; 5.10 Concluding remarks
- Birka and Kaupang; Comprehensive catalogue of grave-finds from Kaupang; Abbreviations; Concordance table; 6. Evidence from the Settlement Area 1956-1984; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The methodology of the excavations of 1956-1984; 6.3 The interpretation of the documented structures; 6.4 Evidence from other parts of the settlement area; 6.5 The platform for the new fieldwork; Part II: Excavations and Surveys 1998-2003; 7. The Fieldwork 1998-2003: Overview and Methods; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Surveys
- 7.2.1 Introduction7.2.2 Field surveys; Method; Results; 7.2.3 Geophysical prospection; Magnetometer; Ground Penetrating Radar; Augering; 7.3 Excavations; 7.3.1 The main research excavation 2000-2002; 7.3.2 Cultural resource management excavations 1999-2003; 7.3.3 Minor excavations and surveillance; 7.3.4 Method of excavation; Artefact recovery from the ploughsoil; Water-sieving of the intact deposits; Environmental archaeology and geoarchaeology; Dendrochronology; Intrasis; Context sheets; 7.4 Summary; 8. The Settlement: Extent and Dating; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Topography