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Title The Viking Age : a time of many faces / by Caroline Ahlström Arcini ; with T. Douglas Price [and 5 others] ; illustrated by Staffan Hyll
Imprint Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2018

1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy
LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Bellevue:Vuxen facklitteratur (900-999)  948.501 engelska    DUE 24-04-10  ---
Descript 120 pages color illustrations, color maps 24 cm
Note The majority of literature about the Viking period, based on artefacts or written sources, covers battles, kings, chiefs and mercenaries, long distance travel and colonisation, trade, and settlement. Less is said about the life of those that stayed at home, or those that immigrated into Scandinavia, whether voluntarily or by force.0This book uses results from the examination of a substantial corpus of Swedish osteological material to discuss aspects of demography and health in the Viking period - those which would have been visible and recognisable in the faces or physical appearances of the individuals concerned. It explores the effects of migration, from the spread of new diseases such as leprosy to patterns of movement and integration of immigrants into society. The skeletal material also allows the study of levels of violence, attitudes towards disablement, and the care provided by Viking communities. An overview of the worldwide phenomenon of modified teeth also gives insight into the practice of deliberate physical embellishment and body modification.0The interdisciplinary approach to questions regarding ordinary life presented here will broaden the knowledge about society during the Viking Age. The synthesis of the Swedish unburnt human skeletal remains dated to the Viking age will be a valuable resource for future research, and provides an in-depth view on Viking age society
Subject Osteologi
Mänskliga kvarlevor
Gravskick
Vikingatiden
Sjukdomar
Tänder
Physical anthropology -- Sweden -- History
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Sweden
Fysisk antropologi -- historia
Human remains (Archaeology)
Burial
Teeth
Diseases
Sverige
Classmark 948.5014
Jc.08
Jc.17
Alt Auth Price, T. Douglas (Theron Douglas)
Hyll, Staffan
ISBN/ISSN 1785709380
9781785709388
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