The Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands
Medieval Archaeology, 14, 60-73 : Archaeology supports what we learn from Dicuil and the Sagas about the early settlement of the Faroes. Place-names and cross-slabs of ?8th century tend to confirm the presence of Irish priests, and the Norse settlers of c 800 have been revealed by chance finds and b...
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ftdatacite:10.5284/1071511 2023-05-15T16:10:42+02:00 The Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands Dahl, Sverri 2008 https://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1071511 https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3188503 en eng Archaeology Data Service https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/series.xhtml?recordId=1000236 ADS Terms and Conditions of reuse apply http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess Text Article article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2008 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5284/1071511 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Medieval Archaeology, 14, 60-73 : Archaeology supports what we learn from Dicuil and the Sagas about the early settlement of the Faroes. Place-names and cross-slabs of ?8th century tend to confirm the presence of Irish priests, and the Norse settlers of c 800 have been revealed by chance finds and by excavations at farmsteads, typical long, sub-rectangular houses with curving turf-and-stone walls. Their economy was based on farming with fishing and fowling also important. Gravegoods are generally rare but one cemetery yielded a ?10th century Celtic ring-headed pin and a few other metal objects. Trade contacts with the British Isles and Norway are evident from coin-finds. Some shielings have been identified, one of which produced Viking-style pottery. Text Faroe Islands Faroes DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Faroe Islands Norway |
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Medieval Archaeology, 14, 60-73 : Archaeology supports what we learn from Dicuil and the Sagas about the early settlement of the Faroes. Place-names and cross-slabs of ?8th century tend to confirm the presence of Irish priests, and the Norse settlers of c 800 have been revealed by chance finds and by excavations at farmsteads, typical long, sub-rectangular houses with curving turf-and-stone walls. Their economy was based on farming with fishing and fowling also important. Gravegoods are generally rare but one cemetery yielded a ?10th century Celtic ring-headed pin and a few other metal objects. Trade contacts with the British Isles and Norway are evident from coin-finds. Some shielings have been identified, one of which produced Viking-style pottery. |
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