Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia
Discussions of pre-Viking trade and production have for many decades focused on products made of precious metals, glass and, to some degree, iron. This is hardly surprising considering the difficulties in finding and provenancing products made of organic matter. In this article we examine gaming pie...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-352847 2023-05-15T16:08:17+02:00 Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia Hennius, Andreas Rudolf, Gustavsson Ljungkvist, John Spindler, Luke 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352847 https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2018.15 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis University of York European Journal of Archaeology, 1461-9571, 2018, 21:4, s. 612-631 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-352847 doi:10.1017/eaa.2018.15 ISI:000450114400007 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess whaling pre-Viking trade outland exploitation gaming pieces Eubalaena glacialis ZooMS Archaeology Arkeologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2018 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2018.15 2023-02-23T21:54:57Z Discussions of pre-Viking trade and production have for many decades focused on products made of precious metals, glass and, to some degree, iron. This is hardly surprising considering the difficulties in finding and provenancing products made of organic matter. In this article we examine gaming pieces made from bone and antler, which are not unusual in Scandinavian burials in the Vendel and Vikingperiod (c. AD 550–1050). A special emphasis is placed on whalebone pieces that appear to dominate after around AD 550, signalling a large-scale production and exploitation of North Atlantic whale products.In combination with other goods such as bear furs, birds of prey, and an increased iron and tar production, whalebone products are part of an intensified large-scale outland exploitation and indicate strong, pre-urban trading routes across Scandinavia and Europe some 200 years before the Viking period and well before the age of the emporia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) European Journal of Archaeology 21 4 612 631 |
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Discussions of pre-Viking trade and production have for many decades focused on products made of precious metals, glass and, to some degree, iron. This is hardly surprising considering the difficulties in finding and provenancing products made of organic matter. In this article we examine gaming pieces made from bone and antler, which are not unusual in Scandinavian burials in the Vendel and Vikingperiod (c. AD 550–1050). A special emphasis is placed on whalebone pieces that appear to dominate after around AD 550, signalling a large-scale production and exploitation of North Atlantic whale products.In combination with other goods such as bear furs, birds of prey, and an increased iron and tar production, whalebone products are part of an intensified large-scale outland exploitation and indicate strong, pre-urban trading routes across Scandinavia and Europe some 200 years before the Viking period and well before the age of the emporia. |
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Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia |
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Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia |
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Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia |
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Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia |
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Whalebone Gaming Pieces : Aspects of Marine Mammal Exploitation in Vendeland Viking Age Scandinavia |
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whalebone gaming pieces : aspects of marine mammal exploitation in vendeland viking age scandinavia |
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Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic |
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