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Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia

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The Royal manor Avaldsnes in southwest Norway holds a rich history testified by 13th century sagas and exceptional graves from the first millennium AD. In 2011–12 the settlement was excavated. In this first book from the project crucial results from an international team of 23 scholars are published. The chapters cover a wide array of topics ranging from building-remains and scientific analyses of finds to landownership and ritual manifestations. It is suggested that Avaldsnes was a prominent base for sea kings that operated along the West-Scandinavian coast in the first millennium AD. The martial competence developed through the centuries in the sea-king environment was the basis of the Vikings' military success in the 9th–10th centuries.
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Year:
2018
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter
Language:
English
Pages:
912
ISBN 10:
3110425785
ISBN 13:
9783110421088
ISBN:
3110425785,9783110425789,9783110421088
Series:
Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, 104

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