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Crafts and social networks in Viking towns

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"Crafts and Social Networks in Viking Towns explores the interface between craft, communication networks, and urbanisation in Viking-Age northern Europe. Viking-period towns were the hubs of cross-cultural communication of their age, and innovations in specialised crafts provide…

Viking Rus: studies on the presence of Scandinavians in Easte…

by Duczko, Wladyslaw

fromNorthern world

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"This volume deals with one of the most controversial issues in writings about early medieval history, the presence of Scandinavians, known as Rus and their impact on Eastern Europe during the Viking Age. These studies give for the first time an extensive and detailed picture of…

Viking Rus: studies on the presence of Scandinavians in Easte…

by Duczko, Wladyslaw

fromNorthern world

0 Type: Book

This volume deals with one of the most controversial issues in writings about early medieval history: the presence of Scandinavians, known as Rus, and their impact on Eastern Europe during the Viking Age. These studies give for the first time an extensive and detailed picture of…

Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: medieval European knowledge of America

by Center for American Places, Enterline, James Robert

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Why did medieval Europeans seem to have such specific knowledge about a land they had not yet discovered? The author presents evidence that the Eskimos' provided the basis for medieval maps of the areas of America that no Europeans had reached.

Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: medieval European knowledge of America

by Center for American Places, Enterline, James Robert

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Why did medieval Europeans seem to have such specific knowledge about a land they had not yet discovered? The author presents evidence that the Eskimos' provided the basis for medieval maps of the areas of America that no Europeans had reached.

Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England

by Kershaw, Jane F.

fromMedieval history and archaeology

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Surveying the jewellery worn by women in Scandinavian-settled areas of England in the Viking period, this book describes and illustrates these dress fittings, many of which have only recently been found. The book reveals the extent and nature of female participation in the Vikin…

Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England

by Kershaw, Jane

fromMedieval history and archaeology

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"Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research, including the analysis of hundreds of recent metal-detector finds, it presents evidence for over…

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: the genetic roots of Britain and Ireland

by Sykes, Bryan, Sykes, Bryan

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A study based on a decade-long DNA survey traces the genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants, ranging from prehistoric times to the genetic heritage of Americans of British descent.

Ancient steelmaking. New evidence regarding the carburization of Iron in Roman Time Augusta: Zur antiken Stahlerzeugung. Ein Nachweis der Aufk…

by Furger, Alex R.

fromBeiträge zur Technikgeschichte Studies in the History of Te…

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Ausgehend von sensationellen Funden aus der Römerstadt Augusta Raurica bei Basel, kommt der Autor zum Schluss, dass hier am Rheinknie, in der römischen Provinz Obergermanien, schon bald nach der römischen Eroberung, d. h. ab dem frühen 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr., härtbarer Stahl aus…