内容简介
Vikingraids,andthesubsequentScandinaviansettlementsintheninthandtenthcenturies,hadamajoreffectonmanypartsofBritainandIreland.Theseimpactscanbestbeseeninawidevarietyofarchaeologicaldiscoveries,primarilyfromdistinctivepre-Christianburials,whichcontainweapons,tools,jewelleryandmetal,woodandboneartefacts.WrittenbyanexpertinthefieldofVikingandNorsearchaeology,thisbookexaminesthedistinctivearchaeologyofeachphase,aspectorareaofNorseimpactinturn,withsufficienthistoricalbackgroundtoputthearchaeologicaldiscoveriesintocontext.
作者简介
RichardHallbecameinterestedintheVikingsasanundergraduateinIreland,whenheworkedontheexcavationofViking-ageDublinandwroteadissertationupdatingthecatalogueofVikingmaterialfromIreland.HisdoctoralthesisconcernedthetownsoftheEnglishDanelaw,atopicwhichrequiredastudyofmuseumcollections,excavationsanddocumentarysourcesfortheVikingcampaignsandsettlement.WhileworkingforYorkArchaeologicalTrusthedirectedthefive-yearcampaignofexcavationknownas'theVikingDig'onthesiteinCoppergate,York,wheretheJorvikVikingCentrenowstands.Hewasresponsibleforpartoftheacademicinputtothecentre'sdisplayandwasco-authoroftheTrust'sVikingShipsexhibitionin1987-8.HelectureswidelyontheVikingageandhaspublishedextensivelyatalllevels.HeisnowDirectorofArchaeologyatYorkArchaeologicalTrust.