As exemplified by Viking and Bronze Age societies in northern Europe, we model the
political dynamics of raiding, trading, and slaving as a maritime mode of production. It …

Both terms require a definition. For the purposes of this chapter thresholds are found where
different elements were brought into contact with one another and where it was possible for …

It may seem odd to begin a book that seeks to prove, or disprove, as the case may be, a
vision of medieval Rus and Eu rope with a quotation illustrating that everything is in flux; …

This book is about the precious and beautiful items of woven silk, and of all the hands that
touched them on their way to the far north in the Viking Age. My first serious introduction to …

As the politico-economic exploits of vikings in and around the Frankish realm remain, to a
considerable extent, obscured by the constraints of a fragmentary and biased corpus of …

Crafting Communities explores the interface between craft, communication networks, and
urbanization in Viking-age Northern Europe. Viking-period towns were the hubs of cross …

It is widely accepted that the Viking Age (c. 800–1050) stimulated the development of long-
distance, regional and local trade and exchange networks. The clearest archaeological …

In this work we used non‐destructive SEM imaging and EDS analysis to characterize the
material composition of an Arabic finger ring, which was found in a 9th c. woman's grave at …

Viking-Age trade, network theory, silver economies, kingdom formation, and the
Scandinavian raiding and settlement of Ireland and Britain are all popular subjects …

Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production,
trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and …