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Viking (19)
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UNESCO describes this archaeological complex which illustrates the elaborate trading networks of Viking Age Europe.
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=555
A reconstruction of a chieftain's homestead in Norway, based on the discovery of a remarkably large building. Includes an illustrated description of the excavation by Tromsø Museum.
http://www.lofotr.no/engelsk/index.htm
Fine objects, including jewellery, from Viking sites. Photographs and descriptions.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?RelatedId=1672
Describes the Viking Age Transitions Project, a collaboration between Historic Scotland and the Universities of Cambridge and York. Features diaries and reports from 1999 to 2004, with photographs and list of publications. Orkney Islands, Scotland.
http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/Quoygrew/
NOVA Online's video tour of a life-like scale model of Birka, a medieval Viking village that archaeologists excavated near modern-day Stockholm.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html
Professor Steve Harding of Nottingham University heads a team looking for evidence for Viking descendants in this part of Britain.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~sczsteve/survey.htm
An article with bibliography by Daniel Bray at Sydney University on the proliferation of small metal amulets representing Mjollnir, the magical hammer of the god Thor, in the archaeological record of tenth century Scandinavia.
http://www.mackaos.com.au/Articles/Mjol.html
Built on the site where the York Archaeological Trust found the amazingly well-preserved remains of part of Viking Jorvik (York). A massive range of evidence was recovered and has been used to recreate every last aspect of everyday life.
http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/
Article provides an introduction to these warriors, also called Norsemen, as well as information about the Isle of Man, and Leif Eriksson.
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/vikings-isle-man-leif-eriksson.html
The museum is located where the first town in Denmark was founded. Includes reconstructions of the market place in 720 and the manor farm in 980.
http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/
The museum presents finds from nearby Örsund on the Viking route through the Finnish archipelago, together with reconstructed Viking houses. Viking history, visitor information.
http://www.rosala-viking-centre.com/english.htm
Site by Rolf Badenhausen arguing that the Old Nordic Theoderic Codices provide evidence of the historical Nibelungs.
http://www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/svava_en.htm
Illustrated, scholarly study by Scott Mandia on the impact of long-term climate changes on the Viking civilization in Greenland and Iceland.
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/
An illustrated article from Infohub on L'Anse aux Meadows, the only authenticated Viking site in North America, a National Historic Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
http://www.infohub.com/ARTICLES/20000327.html
Anders Söderberg explores ancient metalcraft and research from mainly an experimental approach. Articles, images, bibliography and links.
http://web.comhem.se/vikingbronze/vikingbronze.htm
The official website for the Viking Trail region of Newfoundland and Labrador, with visitor information for the 1,000 year-old Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows.
http://www.vikingtrail.org/
BBC Online presents aspects of the history of the Vikings in the British Isles. Includes dig reports, 3D model of a Viking Age farm at Ribblehead, Yorkshire, and fun approaches for kids.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/
The Vikings transformed culture and society in 9th-11th century East Anglia, writes Andrew Rogerson in British Archaeology.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba35/ba35regs.html
This part of an exhibit from the Smithsonian about the Vikings in the New World covers the discoveries at L'Anse aux Meadows. Includes videos of reconstructions.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/voyage/subset/vinland/archeo.html
Last Updated: 2007-01-02 17:55:47
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