This paper reviews the achievements and challenges of archaeological research on Viking
Age northern Europe and explores potential avenues for future research. We identify the …

THIS PAPER presents and discusses a unique insular reliquary shrine discovered in an
early 9th-century woman's grave at Melhus, central Norway, over a century ago. In addition …

This article discusses the chronology and nature of the earliest Viking activity, based on a
group of early burials from Norway containing Insular metalwork. By focusing on the …

Journal of Archaeology and Ancient History Page 1 Journal of Archaeology and Ancient
History 2019 Number 24 Editors: Karl-Johan Lindholm. Editorial Board: Assyriology: Olof …

Towns were a marginal phenomenon in Viking-period Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea Area.
In all the lands north and east of the elbe, there were hardly ten sites in the eight, ninth, or …

This article deals with the question of whether trading in rural areas in Scandinavia during
the middle and late Viking period (c. 875–1050/75) was largely in the hands of elite groups …

This chapter raises the questions of whether Gotland really is 'different'from elsewhere in the
Scandinavian world and how and why it played an important part in long-distance trade …

Fig. 1. Lägesangivelse för långhuslokalen i Kvarnbo, Saltvik på en karta över Åland där
vattennivå är höjd till 10 m ö. h. vilket motsvarar ungefär situationen under järnålder, samt en …

Sammendrag av avhandlingen Avhandlingen har som mål å diskutere
samfunnsorganisasjon i eldre jernalder i Trøndelag og overgangen til yngre jernalder …

Seit langem nehmen in Norwegen und Schweden Ortschaften und Höfe mit dem Namen
Huseby o. ä. zentrale Punkte in der Frühgeschichtsforschung ein. Sie werden dort als seit …