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The 28 papers in this volume explore the practical life, domestic
settings, landscapes and seascapes of the Viking world. Their
geographical horizons stretch from Iceland to Russia, with
particular emphasis on new discoveries in the Scandinavian
homelands and in Britain and Ireland. With a rich combination of
disciplinary perspectives, new interpretations are presented of
evidence for buildings and technology, navigation, trade and
military organisation, the ideology of place, and cultural
interactions and comparisons between Viking and native groups.
Together, these reveal the multivalent importance of settlement
archaeology and history for an understanding of the pivotal phase
within the Middle Ages that was the Viking period.
Land, Sea and Home: Proceedings of a Conference on Viking-Period
Settlement
The crannog on Llangorse Lake near Brecon in mid Wales was
discovered in 1867 and first excavated in 1869 by two local
antiquaries, Edgar and Henry Dumbleton, who published their
findings over the next four years. In 1988 dendrochronological
dates from submerged palisade planks established its construction
in the ninth century, and a combined off- and on-shore
investigation of the site was started as a joint project between
Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. The
subsequent surveys and excavation (1989-1994, 2004) resulted in the
recovery of a remarkable time capsule of life in the late ninth and
tenth century, on the only crannog yet identified in Wales. This
publication re-examines the early investigations, describes in
detail the anatomy of the crannog mound and its construction, and
the material culture found. The crannog's treasures include early
medieval secular and religious metalwork, evidence for manufacture,
the largest depository of early medieval carpentry in Wales and a
remarkable richly embroidered silk and linen textile which is fully
analysed and placed in context. The crannog's place in Welsh
history is explored, as a royal llys ('court') within the kingdom
of Brycheiniog, as well as its subsequent significance of the
crannog in local traditions and its post-medieval occupation during
a riotous dispute in the reign Elizabeth I. The cultural affinities
of the crannog and its material culture is assessed, as are their
relationship to origin myths for the kingdom, and to probable links
with early medieval Ireland. The folk tales associated with the
lake are explored, in a book that brings together archaeology,
history, myths and legends, underwater and terrestrial archaeology.
The twenty-five papers, taken from a Cardiff conference in 1998,
are concerned with Insular art in its broadest sense, encompassing
studies of metalwork, manuscripts, sculpture and textiles, both
recent discoveries and new investigations of well-known objects.
They include material associated with Anglo-Saxon England as well
as early Medieval Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and discoveries of
Insular metalwork in Scandinavia. They are divided into five themes
which reflect the many recent advances in the study of Insular art:
politics and patrons; national and regional identities; art and
archaeology; the implications of scientific analysis and style;
analysis, methodology and meaning.
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