The Hoarding Vikings / Gitte T. Ingvardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingvardson, Gitte T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vikings.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

This book investigates whether Viking hoards leave behind traces of the people who deposited them and the reasons for doing so. The focus is on the Viking age hoards of the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, a unique find group in both quantity and quality.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

Preface and acknowledgments

1 Bornholm: a treasure island

2 The multi-causal hoards

3 Identifying Bornholm's hoards: content, character, and chronology

4 Classification of production, circulation, and distribution data

5 Silver flows: analysis of production data

6 Stab, bend, and cut: analysis of circulation data

7 Containers, structures, and sites: analysis of deposition data

8 The hoards in local and regional contexts

9 The hoarding Vikings

Catalogue

Appendix 1: divergent coins and closing coins

Appendix 2: traces of trade and crafts

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-03-264776-0

1-04-013315-0

9781032647760

OCLC:

1453322161