Vikings in Scotland,9780748608638

Vikings in Scotland

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ISBN13: 9780748608638
ISBN10: 074860863X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-11-01
Publisher(s): Edinburgh Univ Pr
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Summary

A full overview of the latest thinking, concentrating on the Viking and Late Norse periods which span the eighth to thirteenth centuries in northern and western Scotland. The chronological range allows for the Norse impact to be placed in its wider context.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xi
Abbreviations xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Photographic Acknowledgements xix
Introduction 1(1)
The Viking period
1(1)
Viking period and Late Norse Scotland
2(2)
Scotland Before the Vikings
4(21)
Scotland's topography and the natural background
4(1)
Scotland on the eve of the Vikings
5(1)
The Picts
5(6)
Birsay in the Pictish period
11(3)
The Scots
14(1)
Iona
14(4)
The Britons and Northumbrians
18(1)
Aspects of the pre-Norse economy
18(2)
Pastoral farming
20(1)
Arable farming
21(1)
Marine exploitation
22(1)
Seashore and cliff exploitation
22(1)
The earliest contacts between the Picts and the Norse
23(1)
The raids begin
23(2)
The Norwegian Background
25(12)
Society
25(1)
Economy
25(2)
Settlement sites
27(1)
The evidence of Ohthere
28(1)
Ships
29(1)
Religion
30(3)
The thing
33(1)
Runes
33(1)
Viking art
34(1)
Dress and weaponry
35(2)
Sources for Scandinavian Scotland
37(17)
Language
37(1)
Place-names
37(4)
Runic inscriptions
41(2)
Documentary sources
43(3)
Oral tradition
46(1)
Archaeology
47(3)
Environmental
50(1)
The people
50(4)
Regional Survey Part I: Northern Scotland
54(17)
Orkney
54(9)
Shetland
63(4)
Caithness and Sutherland - to the Moray Firth
67(4)
Regional Survey Part II: the West Highlands and Islands
71(22)
The northern region
74(5)
The central region
79(5)
The southern region
84(5)
The southern Inner Hebrides
89(2)
Kintyre
91(2)
Regional Survey Part III: South-West, Central, Eastern and Southern Scotland
93(20)
The north of Ireland
93(2)
The Firth of Clyde
95(5)
The Central Lowlands
100(2)
The East Midlands
102(2)
North-eastern Scotland
104(1)
South-eastern Scotland
105(1)
South-west Scotland
106(3)
The Irish Sea and the Isle of Man
109(4)
Pagan Norse Graves Part I: Case Studies
113(30)
Carn a' Bharraich, Oronsay
113(5)
Kiloran Bay, Colonsay
118(4)
Ballinaby, Islay
122(3)
Reay, Caithness
125(2)
Broch of Gurness, Mainland, Orkney
127(2)
Pierowall, Westray, Orkney
129(6)
Westness, Rousay, Orkney
135(3)
Scar, Sanday, Orkney
138(2)
Balnakeil, Durness, Sutherland
140(3)
Pagan Norse Graves Part II: Interpretation
143(12)
The after-life
143(1)
Burial rites
143(6)
Grave-goods
149(2)
Regional comparisons
151(1)
Chronology
152(3)
Viking Period Settlements
155(24)
Shetland
155(5)
Jarlshof
155(5)
Orkney
160(13)
Buckquoy
160(4)
The Brough of Birsay
164(3)
Brough Road, Birsay
167(1)
Saevar Howe, West Mainland
167(1)
Skaill, Deerness
168(3)
Pool, Sanday
171(2)
Western Isles
173(6)
The Udal, North Uist
173(2)
Drimore Machair, South Uist
175(4)
Late Norse Settlements
179(27)
Shetland
180(8)
Jarlshof
180(1)
Underhoull, Unst
181(3)
Sandwick, Unst
184(1)
The Biggings, Papa Stour
185(3)
Orkney
188(8)
The Brough of Birsay
188(2)
Beachview, Birsay
190(1)
Earl's Bu, Orphir
191(3)
Skaill, Deerness
194(1)
Westness, Rousay
195(1)
Tuquoy, Westray
195(1)
Caithness
196(6)
Freswick Links
196(5)
Robert's Haven
201(1)
Western Isles
202(1)
The Udal, North Uist
202(1)
South-west Scotland
202(4)
Whithorn
202(4)
The Norse Economy
206(20)
Agriculture
207(7)
Livestock
207(2)
Cereals
209(2)
Other crops
211(2)
Flax
213(1)
Textile production
213(1)
Exploitation of marine resources
214(6)
Fish
214(4)
The rocky foreshore
218(1)
Seaweed
219(1)
Seabirds
219(1)
Other natural resources
220(2)
Hunting
220(1)
Wood
220(1)
Iron
221(1)
Trade links
222(4)
Antler combs
222(1)
Stone
223(1)
Pottery
223(3)
Silver and Gold
226(22)
Native silver
226(2)
Pagan Norse grave-goods
228(1)
Viking period hoards
228(16)
Coins
232(2)
Rings
234(4)
`Ring-money'
238(1)
Brooches and pins
239(2)
Ingots
241(2)
Hack-silver
243(1)
Metallurgical analysis
244(1)
Circulation and deposition
245(3)
Earls and Bishops
248(17)
Stone sculpture
248(4)
Chapels and churches
252(5)
Castles and strongholds
257(4)
Bishops and cathedrals
261(2)
The Lewis chessmen: a coda
263(2)
Sources and Further Reading 265(16)
Index 281

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