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 …

We investigate the origin of archaeological wool textiles preserved by anoxic waterlogging
from seven medieval archaeological deposits in north-western Europe (c. 700–1600 AD) …

Archaeological textiles from Iceland have not been objects of significant analyzes until
recently, yet they provide important new data on the use of cloth in legal transactions …

The grave from Gokstad in Norway, dating to ca 900 AD, is one of the best-preserved Viking
Age ship graves in the world. The grave mound contained a variety of goods along with …

Midden excavations at Ø172 (Tatsipataa), on the eastern shore of the Igaliku fjord in
southwestern Greenland, produced a significant textile collection consisting of 98 fragments …

I sincerely thank my supervisors Prof. Lin Foxhall and Dr Matthew Fitzjohn for their guidance
and support with my project, and my examiners Dr Bruce Routledge and Dr Margarita Gleba …

IN 1938, a woman's burial was uncovered by road builders at Ketilsstaðir in north-eastern
Iceland. Recently, her physical remains and associated funerary goods were re-examined …

This article discusses why pottery production in Norway ceases at the transition to the Late
Iron Age in Norway. The use of pottery undergoes a range of changes throughout the Iron …

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A new approach to Pictish and Viking culture contact in Orkney
using the material culture of everyday life, focusing in this case on implements used in textile …

Finds associated with textile production, are often not given any greater emphasis in the
archaeological research. The craft has been regarded merely as a domestic chore, and thus …