An edition of Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
(2000)
Vikings
the North Atlantic saga
by William W. Fitzhugh
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"Celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the movement of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World"--Back cover.
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Vikings: the North Atlantic saga
2000, Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of Natural History
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Vikings : The North Atlantic Saga
April 15, 2000, Smithsonian Books
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Vikings : The North Atlantic Saga
April 15, 2000, Smithsonian Books
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Table of Contents
Puffins, ringed pins, and runestones : the Viking passage to America / W.W. Fitzhugh
I. Viking homelands. Scandinavia in the Viking age / P.H. Sawyer
The Scandinavian landscape : people and environment / N.S. Price
Farming and daily life / S.H.H. Kaland, I. Martens
Religion, art, and runes / A. Gräslund
Shamanism and the Vikings? / N.S. Price
Political organization and social life / L. Jørgensen
From warrior to trade economy / L. Hedeager
Ships and navigation / A.E. Christensen
II. Viking raiders. The Viking age in Europe / C.D. Morris
The Eastern route : Finland in the Viking age / T. Edgren
"Laid waste, plundered, and burned" : Vikings in Frankia / N.S. Price
Viking expansion and cultural blending in Britain and Ireland / C.E. Batey, J. Sheehan
III. Vikings in the North Atlantic. Sagas of Western expansion / H. Ólafsson
The North Atlantic environment / P.C. Buckland
Vikings in the Faeroe Islands / S.V. Arge
The archaeology of Landnám : early settlement in Iceland / O. Vésteinsson
The Icelandic Commonwealth period : building a new society / H. Thorláksson
Eddas and Sagas in medieval Iceland / G. Sigurðsson
IV. Viking America. 1000 A.D. : East meets West / P. Schledermann
Skraeling : first peoples of Helluland, Markland, and Vinland / D. Odess, S. Loring, W.W. Fitzhugh
A Norse penny from Main / S.L. Cox
The Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows / B.L. Wallace
Jasper Cores form L'Anse aux Meadows / K.P. Smith
An introduction to the Vinland sagas / G. Sigurðsson : Greelanders' saga ; Erik the Red's saga
V. Norse Greenland. From Vikings to Norseman / J. Arneborg, K.A. Seaver
Life and death in Norse Greenland / N. Lynnerup
The farm beneath the sand / J. Berglund
Greenland and Europe / J. Arnborg
Natives and Norse in Greenland / H.C. Gulløv
The demise of Norse Greenland / T.H. McGovern
The Norse legacy in Greenland / H.C. Petersen
VI. Viking legacy. Celebrating the Viking millennium in America / W.W. Fitzhugh, E.I. Ward
The old Norse dream / C. Orrling
Reflections on an icon : Vikings in American culture / E.I. Ward
Stumbles and pitfalls in the search for Viking America / B.L. Wallace, W.W. Fitzhugh
The Newport Tower / J. Hertz
Sagas and science : climate and human impacts in the North Atlantic / A.E.J. Ogilvie, T.H. McGovern
Travel the Viking Trail : tourism and Viking heritage / I.A. Morrison.
Edition Notes
"An exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 29, 2000-September 5, 2000."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-413) and index.
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