Thesis
Comparative study of archaeological contexts of silver hoards c. 800-1050 in Northern and Central Europe
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The dissertation deals with the archaeological context of Baltic-zone silver hoards deposited in the Viking Age. Its main objective is to investigate the hoards and the context of their deposition to determine how hundreds of thousands of silver artefacts, mainly Oriental dirhams, arrived in Northern Europe, why they were put in the ground and never retrieved.
The review of the published sources on hoards was undertaken in three case studies: Gotland, Pomerania and Svealand. The...
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Authors
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+ Shepard, J
Role:
Supervisor
+ Treadwell, L
Department:
Oriental Institute
Role:
Supervisor
+ Abrams, L
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Sub department:
Celtic
Oxford college:
Balliol College
Role:
Examiner
+ Price, N
Department:
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University
Role:
Examiner
Funding
Arts & Humanities Research Council
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-01-23
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- Copyright holder:
- Gruszczynski, J
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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