AD 536 is a poignant date in European history and marks the advent of a series of
documented environmental changes that affected societies across Europe in various ways …

The Late Nordic Iron Age (AD 550–1050) was characterised by significant change in
political, military, judicial and religious structures across Scandinavia, most clearly …

Viking Age burial mounds are usually interpreted with reference to their exterior dimensions,
the funerary treatment of the deceased and the artefacts placed within them. The process of …

The excavations at Vik in Ørland, central Norway, revealed 10 longhouses and some
outbuildings from the pre-Roman Iron Age. They had different form and interiors and their …

When Bo Gräslund (2008) argued that two years without summer in the late 530s was the
reality behind the Fimbulwinter myth, it became acceptable once again to blame the climate …

This thesis sought to answer the questions: why did the Norse choose to settle in Skye and
the Western Isles? What was so attractive about the Skye and the Western Isles that it would …

This chapter addresses socio-political structure and change through the examination of
spatial and temporal differences in the deposition of brooches in burial contexts and aspects …

This article discusses the continuity/discontinuity in Iron Age settlements in Norway. The
article presents finds and research at the site of Madla Sør in Stavanger, Rogaland county …

Lokaliteten ble undersøkt ved flateavdekking, totalt ble det avdekket 1571, 1 m2 under
utgravningen. Det ble dokumentert et tilnærmet sammenhengende kulturlag/fossilt …

The longhouse has been a turning point for research on prehistoric farming societies in
Scandinavia for several decades. Yet no comprehensive study has been made of this house …