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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
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Silver as Bridewealth - An Interpretation of Viking Age Silver Hoards on Gotland, Sweden
Current Swedish Archaeology, 1993 A remarkably large number of Viking Age silver hoards have been found on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The reasons for this richness of finds have been the subject of much debate.
Mats Burström
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw +5 more
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Tropes about Vikings and the Viking Age in State-funded Museums in Contemporary Scandinavia
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural ResearchThe popularity of the Vikings and the Viking Age in Scandinavian history cultures never seems to fade. As a projection surface for meaning-making needs in the present, the Viking Age constantly finds new ways to mirror the present, thus voicing new ...
Julia Håkansson
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Viking Age garden plants from southern Scandinavia
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2012 Plant finds recovered from archaeological sites in southern Scandinavia dated to the Viking Age reflect the diversity of useful plants that were cultivated and collected.
Pernille Rohde Sloth +2 more
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The Damhus Hoard: New Insights Into Some of the Earliest Viking Silver Coinage
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2018, a hoard totalling 266 silver Viking Age coins was discovered near Damhus, south of Ribe (Denmark). The coins belong to the early ninth‐century ‘KG 4’ series, with the vast majority, 262 coins, identified as having Face/Forward Looking Deer on the obverse/reverse.
Thomas Birch +8 more
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Warrior Identities in Viking Age Scandinavia
, 2020 During an era where violence remained constantly present, the life of the warriors was admired and their achievements praised. The way they lived their lives and the identity they held provided guidelines for others and had hearing on how society was ...
Hedenstierna-Jonson, Charlotte,
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Body Modification on Viking Age Gotland
Current Swedish ArchaeologyIn recent years, research has provided evidence for permanent body modification in the Viking Age. Based on the current state of research, we identified around 130 male-gendered individuals from Scandinavia and beyond with dental alterations in form of ...
Matthias S. Toplak, Lukas Kerk
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, 2005 Short review of an Iron Age Central Place in South Sweden.
Hårdh, Birgitta,, Lund University.
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, 2014 The Viking North Atlantic differs significantly from the popular image of violent raids and destruction characterizing the Viking Age in Northern Europe. In Iceland, Scandinavian seafarers discovered and settled a large uninhabited island.
Sven Kalmring +3 more
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