This module provides an introduction to the archaeology of Viking-Age Europe, with a particular focus on material culture and what we can learn from it. Using case studies from across Britain, Ireland, northern Europe, and the North Atlantic,it uses this context to ask questions about how we write narrative from archaeological evidence.
Occurrence | Teaching cycle |
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A | Autumn Term 2018-19 |
This course aims to survey the impact of the early medieval Scandinavian diaspora, on both the Viking homelands and the many places the so-called Vikings explored, exploited and settled. In so doing it also explores the sources for study of this period, the methods of interdisciplinary research and the themes of lasting interest to modern scholarship. It is intended to illustrate how the Viking Age encapsulates a critical watershed in Old World social, political and economic (pre) history.
Subject content
Academic and graduate skills
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Coursework - The Vikings |
N/A | 100 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Coursework - The Vikings |
N/A | 100 |
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Reading lists are published to the module web pages or VLE.
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