Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia

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Avaldsnes - A Sea-Kings' Manor in First-Millennium Western Scandinavia is written by Dagfinn Skre and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110421089 (ISBN 10) and 9783110421088 (ISBN 13).

The Royal manor Avaldsnes in southwest Norway holds a rich history testified by 13th century sagas and exceptional graves from the first millennium AD. In 2011–12 the settlement was excavated. In this first book from the project crucial results from an international team of 23 scholars are published. The chapters cover a wide array of topics ranging from building-remains and scientific analyses of finds to landownership and ritual manifestations.