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Author : Richard Andrew Hall
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Viking Dig written by Richard Andrew Hall and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1984 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (698 download)
Download or read book The Viking Dig written by Richard Hall and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (633 download)
Download or read book The Viking dig written by Richard Hall and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Andrew Hall
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Viking Dig written by Richard Andrew Hall and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1984 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Preston
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590517806
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Dig written by John Preston and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BASIS FOR THE NETFLIX FILM STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, AND LILY JAMES A literary adventure that tells the story of a priceless buried treasure discovered in England on the eve of World War II In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary find. This fictional recreation of the famed Sutton Hoo dig follows three months of intense activity when locals fought outsiders, professionals thwarted amateurs, and love and rivalry flourished in equal measure. As the war looms ever closer, engraved gold peeks through the soil, and each character searches for answers in the buried treasure. Their threads of love, loss, and aspiration weave a common awareness of the past as something that can never truly be left behind.
Author : Patrick F. Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780716533146
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (331 download)
Download or read book Viking Dublin written by Patrick F. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dublin, the Wood Quay-Fishamble Street archaeological excavations were a constant media story throughout the 1970s and 1980s, when the threat of official destruction brought thousands of protestors into the streets. Although this highly-publicized protest failed to "Save Wood Quay," it did force the most extensive urban excavations ever undertaken in Europe that yielded more unprecedented data about town layout in Dublin 1,000 years ago than about any other European Viking town of the time. Dozens of often nearly intact building foundations, fences, yards, pathways, and quaysides, as well as thousands of artifacts and environmental samples, were unearthed in the course of the campaign. In this book, Dr. Pat Wallace, the chief archaeologist who directed the Wood Quay and Fishamble Street excavations, provides a detailed examination of the implications of these discoveries for Viking-Age and Anglo-Norman Dublin by placing them in their national and international contexts. Lavishly illustrated with over 500 color images, maps, and drawings, together with detailed descriptions and analyses of the artifacts, this pioneering study gathers all the finds and discusses them in the context of parallel discoveries in Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia, and northern Europe, with the historical, economic, and cultural milieu of Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin as the background. *** "This marvelous work memorializes a major archaeological discovery unearthed in Dublin between 1974 and 1981. Structural remains from 840 through 1169 CE, the most extensive for any site north of the Alps, were excavated by Patrick Wallace, who now analyzes his finds from Wood Quay, Fishamble Street, and related sites. A lively text and numerous photos enliven the hundreds of buildings unearthed.... Highly recommended." --Choice, Vol. 54, No. 4, December 2016 [Subject: History, Archaeology, Viking Studies, Medieval Studies, Art History, Irish Studies]
Author : Richard A Hall
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780747800637
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Viking Age Archaeology written by Richard A Hall and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viking raids, and the subsequent Scandinavian settlements in the ninth and tenth centuries, had a major effect on many parts of Britain and Ireland. These impacts can best be seen in a wide variety of archaeological discoveries, primarily from distinctive pre-Christian burials, which contain weapons, tools, jewellery and metal, wood and bone artefacts. Written by an expert in the field of Viking and Norse archaeology, this book examines the distinctive archaeology of each phase, aspect or area of Norse impact in turn, with sufficient historical background to put the archaeological discoveries into context.
Author : Helge Ingstad
Publisher : Breakwater Books
ISBN 13 : 9781550811582
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)
Download or read book The Viking Discovery of America written by Helge Ingstad and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with harsh conditions in their Greenland home, a group of Vikings took the reins of fate into their own hands. With incredible luck, skill and fortitude, they discovered lands filled with a profusion of wood, wild game and fertile land. In the sagas that grew from this discovery, the lands were given names that resonated with hope and promise. Almost 1000 years later, a husband and wife team united their talents. Intrigued by allusions in the ancient sagas to fabled Vinland, they considered the scholarship on Viking culture and technology; they studied maps and they researched intensively the prominent theories on Vinland's location. And finally their efforts bore fruit when a remote Newfoundland peninsula yielded up a soapstone spindle-whorl, a Viking ring pin, and what had to be the overgrown remnants of over a dozen Viking buildings.
Author : Rosemary Rees
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403401007
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Vikings written by Rosemary Rees and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an overview of the ancient Vikings, discussing such topics as travel, work, family life, food, entertainment, buildings, religion, farming, and art.
Author : F. Donald Logan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136527168
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book The Vikings in History written by F. Donald Logan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated to include important primary research, archaeological findings and debates from the last decade, this third edition of F. Donald Logan's successful book examines the Vikings and their critical role in history. The author uses archaeological, literary and historical evidence to analyze the Vikings' overseas expeditions and their transformation from raiders to settlers. Focusing on the period from 800–1050, it studies the Vikings across the world, from Denmark and Sweden right across to the British Isles, the North Atlantic and the New World. This edition includes: a new epilogue explaining the aims of the book updated further reading sections maps and photographs. By taking this new archaeological and primary research into account, the author provides a vital text for history students and researchers of this fascinating people.
Author : David M. Krueger
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452945438
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Myths of the Rune Stone written by David M. Krueger and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades. In 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer claimed to have discovered a large rock with writing carved into its surface in a field near Kensington, Minnesota. The writing told a North American origin story, predating Christopher Columbus’s exploration, in which Viking missionaries reached what is now Minnesota in 1362 only to be massacred by Indians. The tale’s credibility was quickly challenged and ultimately undermined by experts, but the myth took hold. Faith in the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone was a crucial part of the local Nordic identity. Accepted and proclaimed as truth, the story of the Rune Stone recast Native Americans as villains. The community used the account as the basis for civic celebrations for years, and advocates for the stone continue to promote its validity despite the overwhelming evidence that it was a hoax. Krueger puts this stubborn conviction in context and shows how confidence in the legitimacy of the stone has deep implications for a wide variety of Minnesotans who embraced it, including Scandinavian immigrants, Catholics, small-town boosters, and those who desired to commemorate the white settlers who died in the Dakota War of 1862. Krueger demonstrates how the resilient belief in the Rune Stone is a form of civil religion, with aspects that defy logic but illustrate how communities characterize themselves. He reveals something unique about America’s preoccupation with divine right and its troubled way of coming to terms with the history of the continent’s first residents. By considering who is included, who is left out, and how heroes and villains are created in the stories we tell about the past, Myths of the Rune Stone offers an enlightening perspective on not just Minnesota but the United States as well.
Author : Christine Hatt
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781403454614
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (546 download)
Download or read book The Viking World written by Christine Hatt and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2005 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the Vikings by examining the archaeological excavations of historical sites and the artifacts found at those sites.
Author : James H. Barrett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317247973
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World written by James H. Barrett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of communities that drew their identity and livelihood from their relationships with water during a pivotal time in the creation of the social, economic and political landscapes of northern Europe. It focuses on the Baltic, North and Irish Seas in the Viking Age (ad 1050–1200), with a few later examples (such as the Scottish Lordship of the Isles) included to help illuminate less well-documented earlier centuries. Individual chapters introduce maritime worlds ranging from the Isle of Man to Gotland — while also touching on the relationships between estate centres, towns, landing places and the sea in the more terrestrially oriented societies that surrounded northern Europe’s main spheres of maritime interaction. It is predominately an archaeological project, but draws no arbitrary lines between the fields of historical archaeology, history and literature. The volume explores the complex relationships between long-range interconnections and distinctive regional identities that are characteristic of maritime societies, seeking to understand communities that were brought into being by their relationships with the sea and who set waves in motion that altered distant shores.
Author : Max Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681778440
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The Viking Wars written by Max Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954. In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, Alfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But Max Adams, while stressing the genius of Alfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced narrative approach to this conventional version of history. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities, depicted in glorious narrative fashion in The Viking Wars.
Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691166323
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Digging Up Armageddon written by Eric H. Cline and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface : "Welcome to Armageddon"--Prologue : "Have Found Solomon's Stables" - Part I. 1920-1926. "Please Accept My Resignation" - "He Must Knock Off or You Will Bury Him" - "A Fairly Sharp Rap on the Knuckles" - "We Have Already Three Distinct Levels" -- Part II. 1927-1934. "I Really Need a Bit of a Holiday" - "They Can Be Nothing Else Than Stables" - "Admonitory but Merciful" - "The Tapping of the Pickmen" - "The Most Sordid Document" - "Either a Battle or an Earthquake" - Part III: 1935-1939. "A Rude Awakening" -- "The Director is Gone" - "You Asked for the Sensational" - "A Miserable Death Threat" - "The Stratigraphical Skeleton" - Part IV: 1940-2020. "Instructions Had Been Given to Protect This Property" - Epilogue "Certain Digging Areas Remain Incompletely Excavated" -- Cast of Characters: Chicago Expedition Staff and Spouses (alphabetical and with participation dates) - Year by Year List of Chicago Expedition Staff plus Major Events.
Author : Nel Yomtov
Publisher : Graphic History: Warriors
ISBN 13 : 1543555063
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (435 download)
Download or read book Vikings written by Nel Yomtov and published by Graphic History: Warriors. This book was released on 2019 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In graphic novel format, tells several tales of prominent Viking warriors and explorers from history and describes the weapons, armor, and battle tactics used by them"--
Author : John Malam
Publisher : Evans Brothers
ISBN 13 : 9780237525972
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Exploring the Vikings written by John Malam and published by Evans Brothers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in paperback, Remains to be Seen is a fascinating series which looks at the past through the archeological evidence that remains today. Exploring the Vikings looks at who the Vikings were, at their world and how they spent their time, as well as their travels, their voyages of discovery and their rituals and religion. There are fact boxes which highlight key facts and the text is supported by a wonderful array of photographs and maps. Exploring the Vikings also features a time-line, a glossary and a full index.
