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The Viking Age in Scotland reviews two decades of research that have taken place since the last archaeological survey of the Vikings in Scotland, published in 1998. Advances in scientific analysis have greatly improved our understanding of Scandinavian daily life between the late eighth and fifteenth-centuries, and new discoveries like the Galloway Hoard are extending our knowledge of Viking Age and Norse Scotland's international connections. Consequently, this book brings the study of Scottish Scandinavian archaeology into the new century, updating researchers on the latest finds and theories. In an engaging but scholarly volume that flows between chapters, expert authors guide the reader through the latest interdisciplinary research, from arrival and settlement to death and burial, via economy and exchange, power and politics, and environmental impact. Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Viking Scotland, and a key resource for teachers and students.

Archaeology --- Vikings --- History. --- HISTORY / General. --- Scotland --- History --- Antiquities.

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For four hundred years, Norse settlers battled to make southern Greenland a new, sustainable home. They strove against gales and winter cold, food shortages and in the end a shifting climate. The remnants they left behind speak of their determination to wrest an existence at the foot of this vast, icy and challenging wilderness. Yet finally, seemingly suddenly, they vanished; and their mysterious disappearance in the fifteenth century has posed a riddle to scholars ever since. What happened to the lost Viking colonists? For centuries people assumed their descendants could still be living, so expeditions went to find them: to no avail. Robert Rix tells the gripping story of the missing pioneers, placing their poignant history in the context of cultural discourse and imperial politics. Ranging across fiction, poetry, navigation, reception and tales of exploration, he expertly delves into one of the most contested questions in the annals of colonization.

Vikings --- Vikings in literature. --- Legends --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Greenland --- Discovery and exploration --- Norse. --- In literature. --- Folk tales --- Traditions --- Urban legends --- Folklore --- Northmen --- Grønland --- Groenlandia --- Grenlandii︠a︡ --- Groilandia --- Grænland --- Groenland --- Kalaallit Nunaat --- Gruntland --- Engronelant --- Engroneland --- Gronlandia --- Grēneland --- Qrenlandiya --- Chhen̳-tē --- Грэнландыя --- Hrėnlandyi︠a︡ --- Grenland --- Greunland --- Гренландия --- Гренланди --- Grenlandi --- Калааллит Нунаат --- Grónsko --- Ynys Las --- Lasynys --- Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah --- Grónlandska --- Gröönimaa --- Γροιλανδία --- Gronlando --- Grenlando --- Grienlân --- Ghraonlainn --- Greenlynn --- Çheer y Sniaghtey --- Grenlandia --- Гринлэндин Арл --- Grinlėndin Arl --- 그린란드 --- Gŭrinlandŭ --- Akukittut --- גרינלנד --- Grinland --- Goronulande --- Grenlande --- Grenlandija --- Groenlandi --- Гренланд --- Groentlālpan --- Gruunlaand --- グリーンランド --- Gurīnrando --- Greenlun --- Griinland --- Verdi-lande --- Гренландий --- Grenlandiĭ --- Gröönland --- Gronelândia --- Groelândia --- Groenlanda --- Kalalit Nunat --- Grunlandya --- Gräinlound --- Groenlannia --- Grynlandyjo --- Grönlanti --- Lupanlunti --- Ґренландія --- Groenlaand --- גרינלאנד --- Grínlándì --- Grenlandėjė --- 格陵兰 --- Gelinglan --- Kalâtdlit-Nunât