Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia

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Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia

Edited by: Dagfinn Skre

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2018

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Volume 104 | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde

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The Royal manor Avaldsnes in southwest Norway holds a rich history testified by 13^th century sagas and exceptional graves from the first millennium AD. In 2011–12 the settlement was excavated. In this first book from the project crucial results from an international team of 23 scholars are published. The chapters cover a wide array of topics ranging from building-remains and scientific analyses of finds to landownership and ritual manifestations.

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Dagfinn Skre, University of Oslo, Norway.

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History Regional and National History Europe Northern Europe

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	V
Table of content Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XIII
Section A. Scholarly Background
1. Rethinking Avaldsnes and Kormt Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
2. Exploring Avaldsnes 1540–2005 Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
3. Avaldsnes and Kormt in Old Norse Written Sources Else Mundal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
4. The Avaldsnes Royal Manor Project’s Research Plan and Excavation Objectives Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Section B. Excavation Results 2011–12
5 Excavations and Surveys 1985-2012 Egil Lindhart Bauer and Mari Arentz Østmo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
6. Site Periods and Key Contexts Mari Arentz Østmo and Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
7. The Prehistoric Settlement and Buildings Mari Arentz Østmo and Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
8 Prehistoric Agriculture Egil Lindhart Bauer and Mari Arentz Østmo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
9. The Production Area Mari Arentz Østmo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
10. Two Iron Age Boathouses Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	183
11. A Late Iron Age Palisade Facing the Karmsund Strait Mari Arentz Østmo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
12. Grave Monuments at Avaldsnes Mari Arentz Østmo and Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
13. Political and Ritual Aspects of Cooking Pits Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
14. The High Medieval Royal Manor Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	277
15. The Post-Medieval Rectory Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	309
Section C Scientific Analyses 2011–12
16. Geophysical Surveys Arne Anderson Stamnes and Egil Lindhart Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
17. Microstratigraphy (Soil Micromorphology and Microchemistry, Soil Chemistry, and Magnetic Susceptibility) Richard I. Macphail and Johan Linderholm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	379
18. Geochemical analysis using portable X-ray fluorescence Rebecca J. S. Cannell, Paul N. Cheetham and Kate Welham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
19 Biological Remains Rachel Ballantyne, Stella Macheridis, Emma Lightfoot and Alice Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	455
Section D Specialist Studies
20. Artefacts from the 2011–12 Excavations Mari Arentz Østmo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	513
21. Migration Period Pottery from Avaldsnes: A Study of Shards from Bucket-shaped Pots Elna Siv Kristoffersen and Åsa Dahlin Hauken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	527
22. The Flaghaug Burials Frans-Arne H. Stylegar and Håkon Reiersen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	551
23. The Raised Stones Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	639
24. Avaldsnes, Kormt and Rogaland. A Toponymy and Landscape Survey Stefan Brink Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	665
25. Depositional Traditions in Iron Age Kormt Torun Zachrisson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	687
26. Emerging Kingship in the 8th Century? New Datings of three Courtyard Sites in Rogaland Frode Iversen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	721
Section E Avaldsnes: a Sea-Kings’ Manor
27. Aristocratic Presence along the Karmsund Strait 2000 BC–AD 1368 Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	749
28. The Warrior Manor Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	765
29. Sea Kings on the Norðvegr Dagfinn Skre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	781
References Appendices
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	803
Appendix I: The ARM Project Council, Advisory Group, Staff, and Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	861
Appendix II: Radiocarbon dates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	865

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eBook published on:

December 4, 2017

eBook ISBN:

9783110421088

Hardcover published on:

December 4, 2017

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110425789

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Front matter:

14

Main content:

897

Coloured Illustrations:

120

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110421088

eBook ISBN: 9783110421088

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110425789

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Viking Age; high-status settlement; early kingship

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Scholars, institutes, libraries, museums (Nordic history, Viking Age).

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Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia

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