Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables viii
4. List of Figures ix
5. List of Abbreviations xii
6. Acknowledgements xiii
7. The Contributors xiv
8. Preface xvi
9. A Dedication to Colleen Batey xviii
10. Foreword xix
11. Before Vikings in Scotland: A Brief History of Viking-Age Archaeology in Scotland 1
12. Part I. The Arrival of the Vikings and Native–Norse Interactions
13. 1. Landnám and Landscape in Viking Orkney 11
14. 2. What Does Landnám Look Like? Excavations at Swandro and Old Scatness 29
15. 3. The Tarbat Peninsula in Northern Pictland: Portmahomack as a Case Study in Native–Norse Interaction during the 9th to 11th Centuries 43
16. 4. Echoes of Native–Norse Relationships in the Archaeology at St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland 57
17. Part II. Scandinavian Settlement
18. 5. The Use of Space in Norse Houses: Some Observations from the Hebrides 73
19. 6. Hamar and Underhoull, Unst: Settlement in Northernmost Scotland 85
20. 7. Investigating the Origins of Steatite Vessels across the Viking Diaspora 98
21. 8. Machair Bharabhais, Leòdhas: A Scandinavian Settlement in its Context 112
22. Part III. Place-names: Interactions with the Landscape
23. 9. Norse Settlement in the Southern Hebrides: The Place-name Evidence from Islay 121
24. 10. Understanding the Norse Period through Place-name Evidence: A Case Study from the Island of Mull 135
25. 11. The Church and Gaelic–Norse Contact in the Hebrides 143
26. Part IV. Environmental Impact and Land Use
27. 12. Isotope Zooarchaeology in Viking Scotland: Previous Research, Possibilities and Future Directions 153
28. 13. Feasts, Food and Fodder: Viking and Late Norse Farming Systems in Scotland 170
29. 14. Norse Shielings in Scotland: An Example of Cultural Contact 189
30. Part V. Power and the Political Landscape
31. 15. Thing-sites and the Political Landscape in the North 195
32. 16. The Brough of Birsay, Orkney 213
33. 17. The Earl’s Bu, Orphir, Orkney 223
34. 18. Revisiting Tuquoy – Still Full of Surprises . . . 229
35. 19. The Lewis Hoard of Gaming Pieces – Evoking and Reassembling a Viking Past? 239
36. Part VI. Economy and Exchange
37. 20. The Viking-Age Silver and Gold of Scotland 249
38. 21. The Galloway Hoard 262
39. 22. Viking and Norse Bullion Economies in Scandinavian Scotland 276
40. 23. Small Finds, Big Questions: Two Decades of Research on Combs in Viking-Age Scotland 289
41. Part VII. Death and Burial
42. 24. The ‘Pagan Norse Graves of Scotland’ Research Project James Graham-Campbell, Caroline Paterson and 297
43. 25. Swordle Bay, Ardnamurchan: A Viking Boat Burial 308
44. 26. Carrick, Mid Ross: A Viking Cemetery on Loch Lomond 313
45. Afterword: Major Advances and Future Directions 322
46. Index 328