Research on chemical soldering in early medieval jewellery: the case of lunula‐type Viking Age ornaments

Archaeometry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewelina Miśta‐Jakubowska ◽  
Renata Czech Błońska ◽  
Władysław Duczko ◽  
Aneta Gójska ◽  
Grzegorz Żabiński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viking Age ◽  
Early Medieval

scholarly journals The Mythical Forge and the Holy Chapel: From Paganism to Christianity at the Manorial Farm in Lockarp, Scania

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-150
Author(s):  
Olle Heimer
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
The Village

Several archaeological investigations have taken place in the village of Lockarp, just south of Malmö, Scania. These investigations have revealed the remains of a large Viking Age and early medieval farm, or manor. The aim of this article is to discuss the transition from pagan- ism to Christianity on the basis of two buildings in the Lockarp manor that are interpreted as a forge and a chapel. The buildings were situated inside a courtyard, in what was interpreted as the private, innermost area of the manor. The author describes the manor’s social status and the location of these two buildings, and dis- cusses whether the buildings are visible signs of the re- ligious transition.

Signs of sinusitis in times of urbanization in Viking Age-Early Medieval Sweden

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 4457-4465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Ahlin Sundman ◽  
Anna Kjellström
Keyword(s):  
Viking Age ◽  
Early Medieval

scholarly journals A Double-edged Sword: Swords, Bodies, and Personhood in Early Medieval Archaeology and Literature

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 542-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan Sayer ◽  
Erin Sebo ◽  
Kyle Hughes
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Medieval Archaeology

In Anglo-Saxon and Viking literature swords form part of a hero's identity. In addition to being weapons, they represent a material agent for the individual's actions, a physical expression of identity. In this article we bring together the evidence from literature and archaeology concerning Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age swords and argue that these strands of evidence converge on the construction of mortuary identities and particular personhoods. The placement of the sword in funerary contexts is important. Swords were not just objects; they were worn close to the body, intermingling with the physical person. This is reflected in the mortuary context where they were displayed within an emotive aesthetic. Typically, swords were embraced, placed next to the head and shoulders, more like a companion than an object. However, there are exceptions: graves like Birka 581 and Prittlewell show sword locations that contrast with the normal placement, locations which would have jarred with an observer's experience, suggesting unconventional or nuanced identities. By drawing on literary evidence, we aim to use the words of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings to illuminate the significance of swords in mortuary contexts and their wider cultural associations.

scholarly journals Networks and nodal points: the emergence of towns in early Viking Age Scandinavia

Antiquity ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (311) ◽  
pp. 119-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren M. Sindbæk
Keyword(s):  
Political Leadership ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Nodal Points ◽  
Medieval Europe ◽  
The World

Did towns return to early medieval Europe through political leadership or economic expansion? This paper turns the spotlight on a particular group of actors, the long-distance traders, and finds that they stimulated proto-towns of a special kind among the Vikings. While social and economic changes, and aristocratic advantage, were widespread, it was the largely self-directed actions of these intrepid merchants which created what the author calls ‘the nodal points.’ One can think of many other periods and parts of the world in which this type of non-political initiative may well have proved pivotal.

Royalty and Renewal in Viking Age Ireland

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-89
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Woods
Keyword(s):  
Irish Sea ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Organization And Administration ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Commercial Viability ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Irish Sea ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Medieval Ireland

This chapter examines the relationship between coinage and kingship in early medieval Ireland. First, the Hiberno-Scandinavian coinage produced in Dublin is contextualized within a discussion of the use of silver in Ireland between the tenth and twelfth centuries. The chapter then discusses the coinage’s organization and administration. Study of coin weight and silver fineness, alongside evidence for currency renewal (the demonetization of official coins, and the issuing of a new type), reveals that the coinage constituted a well-regulated currency that was effectively monitored by successive kings of Dublin. Examination of the timings of currency renewals reveals that, rather than being overtly political, they were motivated by commercial viability, with the aim of facilitating trade around the Irish Sea.

Connectedness with things. Animated objects of Viking Age Scandinavia and early medieval Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Lund
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Old Norse ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medieval Europe ◽  
Carolingian Empire ◽  
Medieval Christianity

AbstractThis article examines a small group of artefacts of the Viking Age that may have been perceived as animated objects. These specific weapons and pieces of jewellery appear in narratives in the Old Norse sources as named, as having a will of their own, as possessing personhood. In archaeological contexts the same types of artefact are handled categorically differently than the rest of the material culture. Further, the possible links between these perspectives and the role of animated objects in early medieval Christianity of the Carolingian Empire are examined through studies of the reopening of Reihengräber and the phenomenon offurta sacra. By linking studies of the social biographies of objects with studies of animism, the article aims to identify aspects of Viking Age ontology and its similarities to Carolingian Christianity.

The Archaeology of Migrants in Viking-Age and Anglo-Norman England: Process, Practice, and Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 175-205
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Hadley
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Stable Isotope Analysis ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
And Performance

This chapter discusses the manner in which early medieval archaeologists have attempted, with varying degrees of confidence, to trace migration. It argues that we need to do more than rely on scientific approaches, such as stable isotope analysis, not least because evidence for where a person spent their childhood addresses only one element of their experiences of migration. Through analysis of evidence of craftworking, settlements, diet and cuisine, and burials, the chapter demonstrates that there is ample archaeological evidence for early medieval migration on a variety of scales. It is argued that movement of people is best traced not by study of style and constructed identity, but through socially embedded traits, such as craftworking, animal husbandry, and culinary practices, which reflect a range of social identities, not simply, if at all, the ethnic identities with which debates about migration have routinely, and unsatisfactorily, become entangled.

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