Avaldsnes : a sea-kings' manor in first-millennium Western Scandinavia / edited by Dagfinn Skre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skre, Dagfinn, editor.

Series:

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Band 104.

Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände ; Band 104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Norway--Avaldsnes.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Avaldsnes (Norway)--Antiquities.

Avaldsnes (Norway).

Norway--History--1030-1397.

Norway.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (898 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Avaldsnes Royal Manor project explores early kingship in Northern Europe, spanning the period c. AD-1320 AD. The principal case is the Norwegian kingdom and the core site is Avaldsnes near Haugesund, Western Norway. 9th-10th century skaldic poems as well as 13th century sagas implies that Avaldsnes was the principal Viking Age royal manor. The site has produced numerous exquisite gravefinds from the Roman period onwards. Among them are the third century Flaghaug grave and two ship graves from the late 8th century. Also, the Oseberg ship, excavated near Oslo, is now proven to have been built c. 820 near Avaldsnes. The Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, excavated the Avaldsnes settlement in 2011-12. A team of 23 scholars from prominent academic institutions, including the University of Cambridge and University College London, participate in the research. This first of two volumes contains their results regarding the manor and its setting on the island of Kǫrmt by the Norðvegr, the sheltered sailing route along the West-Scandinavian coast. Together, the chapters produce a detailed 1000-years' history of a complex central-place area, its monuments and buildings, its activities and functions, its blooming and fading, and eventually its downfall in the 14th century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface / Skre, Dagfinn

Table of content

Abbreviations

Section A. Scholarly Background

1. Rethinking Avaldsnes and Kormt / Skre, Dagfinn

2. Exploring Avaldsnes 1540-2005 / Skre, Dagfinn

3. Avaldsnes and Kormt in Old Norse Written Sources / Mundal, Else

4. The Avaldsnes Royal Manor Project's Research Plan and Excavation Objectives / Skre, Dagfinn

Section B. Excavation Results 2011-12

5 Excavations and Surveys 1985-2012 / Bauer, Egil Lindhart / Østmo, Mari Arentz

6. Site Periods and Key Contexts / Østmo, Mari Arentz / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

7. The Prehistoric Settlement and Buildings / Østmo, Mari Arentz / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

8 Prehistoric Agriculture / Bauer, Egil Lindhart / Østmo, Mari Arentz

9. The Production Area / Østmo, Mari Arentz

10. Two Iron Age Boathouses / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

11. A Late Iron Age Palisade Facing the Karmsund Strait / Østmo, Mari Arentz

12. Grave Monuments at Avaldsnes / Østmo, Mari Arentz / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

13. Political and Ritual Aspects of Cooking Pits / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

14. The High Medieval Royal Manor / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

15. The Post-Medieval Rectory / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

Section C Scientific Analyses 2011-12

16. Geophysical Surveys / Stamnes, Arne Anderson / Bauer, Egil Lindhart

17. Microstratigraphy (Soil Micromorphology and Microchemistry, Soil Chemistry, and Magnetic Susceptibility) / Macphail, Richard I. / Linderholm, Johan

18. Geochemical analysis using portable X-ray fluorescence / Cannell, Rebecca J. S. / Cheetham, Paul N. / Welham, Kate

19 Biological Remains / Ballantyne, Rachel / Macheridis, Stella / Lightfoot, Emma / Williams, Alice

Section D Specialist Studies

20. Artefacts from the 2011-12 Excavations / Østmo, Mari Arentz

21. Migration Period Pottery from Avaldsnes: A Study of Shards from Bucket-shaped Pots / Kristoffersen, Elna Siv / Hauken, Åsa Dahlin

22. The Flaghaug Burials / Stylegar, Frans-Arne H. / Reiersen, Håkon

23. The Raised Stones / Skre, Dagfinn

24. Avaldsnes, Kormt and Rogaland. A Toponymy and Landscape Survey / Brink, Stefan

25. Depositional Traditions in Iron Age Kormt / Zachrisson, Torun

26. Emerging Kingship in the 8th Century? New Datings of three Courtyard Sites in Rogaland / Iversen, Frode

Section E Avaldsnes: a Sea-Kings' Manor

27. Aristocratic Presence along the Karmsund Strait 2000 BC-AD 1368 / Skre, Dagfinn

28. The Warrior Manor / Skre, Dagfinn

29. Sea Kings on the Norðvegr / Skre, Dagfinn

References Appendices

References

Appendix I: The ARM Project Council, Advisory Group, Staff, and Authors

Appendix II: Radiocarbon dates

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 13, 2018).

ISBN:

9783110421132

3110421135

OCLC:

1023997597