Things from the Town: Artefacts and Inhabitants in Viking-Age Kaupang (Kaupang Excavation Project) - Hardcover

Skre, Dagfinn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8779343090 ISBN 13: 9788779343092

Publisher: Aarhus University Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this third volume deriving from the excavations of the Viking town of Kaupang of 2000-2003, a range of artefacts is presented along with a discussion of the town's inhabitants: their origins, activities and trading connections. The main categories of artefact are metal jewellery and ornaments, gemstones, vessel glass, pottery, finds of soapstone, whetstones, and textile-production equipment. The artefacts are described and dated, and their areas of origin discussed. An exceptional wealth and diversity of artefacts distinguishes sites such as Kaupang from all other types of site in the Viking World. Above all, they reflect the fact that a large population of some 400-600 people lived closely together in the town, engaged in a comprehensive range of production and trade.

About this title

About the Author:

Dagfinn Skre is professor of archaeology at the University of Oslo and director of the Kaupang Excavation Project. Authors are: Mark Blackburn, Birgitta Hardh, Kenneth Jonsson, Christoph Kilger, Unn Pedersen, Lars Pilo, Gert Rispling and Dagfinn Skre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 8779343090
• ISBN 13: 9788779343092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 483