The Resource River kings : a new history of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads, Cat Jarman
River kings : a new history of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads, Cat Jarman
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- Summary
- Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman, and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research - as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small âCarnelian' bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in Gujarat. Dr Cat Jarman is a bioarchaeologist, specialising in forensic techniques to research the paths of Vikings who came to rest in British soil. By examining teeth that are now over one thousand years old, she can determine childhood diet, and thereby where a person was likely born. With radiocarbon dating, she can ascertain a death date down to the range of a few years. And her research offers new visions of the likely roles of women and children in Viking culture. In 2017, a carnelian bead came into her temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace its path back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think, that with them came people from the Middle East, not just Scandinavia, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, and all the way to Britain. Told as a riveting story of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand them, this is a major reassessment of the fierce, often-mythologised voyagers of the north, and of the global medieval world as we know it
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Part one. West. 1. Hammer of Thor: bones
- 2. Dirham: silver for a slave
- 3. Ship nail: river kings
- Part two. Homelands. 4. Buddha: the allure of the exotic
- 5. Valkyrie: river queens?
- 6. King piece: heading east
- East. 7. Neck rings: the tales of the Rus'
- 8. Read, crossroads
- 9. Dragon's head: to Mikilagard and beyond
- Epilogue: Gujarat
- Isbn
- 9780008353087
- Label
- River kings : a new history of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Title
- River kings
- Title remainder
- a new history of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Statement of responsibility
- Cat Jarman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman, and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research - as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small âCarnelian' bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in Gujarat. Dr Cat Jarman is a bioarchaeologist, specialising in forensic techniques to research the paths of Vikings who came to rest in British soil. By examining teeth that are now over one thousand years old, she can determine childhood diet, and thereby where a person was likely born. With radiocarbon dating, she can ascertain a death date down to the range of a few years. And her research offers new visions of the likely roles of women and children in Viking culture. In 2017, a carnelian bead came into her temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace its path back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think, that with them came people from the Middle East, not just Scandinavia, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, and all the way to Britain. Told as a riveting story of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand them, this is a major reassessment of the fierce, often-mythologised voyagers of the north, and of the global medieval world as we know it
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jarman, Cat
- Dewey number
- 948.022
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Vikings
- Civilization, Viking
- Viking antiquities
- Scandinavia
- Scandinavia
- Label
- River kings : a new history of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads, Cat Jarman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index
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- Contents
- Part one. West. 1. Hammer of Thor: bones -- 2. Dirham: silver for a slave -- 3. Ship nail: river kings -- Part two. Homelands. 4. Buddha: the allure of the exotic -- 5. Valkyrie: river queens? -- 6. King piece: heading east -- East. 7. Neck rings: the tales of the Rus' -- 8. Read, crossroads -- 9. Dragon's head: to Mikilagard and beyond -- Epilogue: Gujarat
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780008353087
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- River kings : a new history of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads, Cat Jarman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Part one. West. 1. Hammer of Thor: bones -- 2. Dirham: silver for a slave -- 3. Ship nail: river kings -- Part two. Homelands. 4. Buddha: the allure of the exotic -- 5. Valkyrie: river queens? -- 6. King piece: heading east -- East. 7. Neck rings: the tales of the Rus' -- 8. Read, crossroads -- 9. Dragon's head: to Mikilagard and beyond -- Epilogue: Gujarat
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780008353087
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- regular print
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