Contents

pp v-vii

List of Tables

pp viii-viii

List of Figures

pp ix-xi

List of Abbreviations

pp xii-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiii

The Contributors

pp xiv-xv

Preface

pp xvi-xvii

A Dedication to Colleen Batey

pp xviii-xviii

Foreword

pp xix-xx

Before Vikings in Scotland: A Brief History of Viking-Age Archaeology in Scotland

pp 1-10

Part I - The Arrival of the Vikings and Native–Norse Interactions

pp 11-12

1 - Landnám and Landscape in Viking Orkney

pp 13-28

2 - What Does Landnám Look Like? Excavations at Swandro and Old Scatness

pp 29-42

3 - The Tarbat Peninsula in Northern Pictland: Portmahomack as a Case Study in Native–Norse Interaction during the 9th to 11th Centuries

pp 43-56

4 - Echoes of Native–Norse Relationships in the Archaeology at St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland

pp 57-72

Part II - Scandinavian Settlement

pp 73-74

5 - The Use of Space in Norse Houses: Some Observations from the Hebrides

pp 75-84

6 - Hamar and Underhoull, Unst: Settlement in Northernmost Scotland

pp 85-97

7 - Investigating the Origins of Steatite Vessels across the Viking Diaspora

pp 98-111

8 - Machair Bharabhais, Leòdhas: A Scandinavian Settlement in its Context

pp 112-120

Part III - Place-names: Interactions with the Landscape

pp 121-122

9 - Norse Settlement in the Southern Hebrides: The Place-name Evidence from Islay

pp 123-134

10 - Understanding the Norse Period through Place-name Evidence: A Case Study from the Island of Mull

pp 135-142

11 - The Church and Gaelic–Norse Contact in the Hebrides

pp 143-152

Part IV - Environmental Impact and Land Use

pp 153-154

12 - Isotope Zooarchaeology in Viking Scotland: Previous Research, Possibilities and Future Directions

pp 155-169

13 - Feasts, Food and Fodder: Viking and Late Norse Farming Systems in Scotland

pp 170-188

14 - Norse Shielings in Scotland: An Example of Cultural Contact

pp 189-194

Part V - Power and the Political Landscape

pp 195-196