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Explaining Viking expansion
… but a cursory glance at the factors involved in Viking expansion. This thesis studies and explains employment opportunities, political motives, and societal norms as separate, individual motives that perpetuated Scandinavian migration, conquest, and adventure from the eighth through the eleventh …
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Risteilyasiakkaiden sosiaaliset representaatiot Viking Linesta
Tutkielmassa tarkastellaan Viking Lineen liitettyjä sosiaalisia representaatioita yritysmielikuvien ja yritysvastuullisuuskäsitysten kautta. Tutkielman teoreettinen näkökulma on sosiaalipsykologinen, koska yritysmielikuvia ja vastuullisuustulkintoja lähestytään sosiaalisten representaatioiden …
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A social analysis of Viking jewellery from Iceland
Abstract available p. 2-3
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Strahlenschäden in dem CMOS Verstärker- und Auslesechip VIKING 2
… am DORIS III-Speicherring (DESY) erstmals der VIKING-2-Chip verwendet. Wegen des Strahlungsuntergrundes bei ARGUS wurden umfangreiche Untersuchungen unternommen, um die Strahlungsempfindlichkeit des VIKING-2-Chips zu bestimmen. Die Testbestrahlungen wurden an einer Cs 137-Quelle (E = 662kev) …
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The Viking inorganic analysis experiment : interpretation for petrologic information.
Thesis. 1977. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
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Grímr-Visaged War: Viking Age Battle, With an Eye to Performance
… warrior elite that developed throughout the Viking Age. By approaching the material from the performance perspective rather than warrior identity or ideology, a novel set of connections are made between the roles of personal preparation in battle, the role of the supernatural in battle, and …
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Wicing Sceal on Waelstowe: The Viking Maxim in The Battle of Maldon
… who flee is evident. The way the poet views the Vikings, however, is slightly less obvious. The poet treats all characters who act within the contract of battle with a sort of biased equanimity—of course, the English are portrayed as more heroic and sympathetic, but the Vikings are referred to in …
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Manifestations of identity in burial: evidence from Viking-Age graves in the North Atlantic diaspora
… between the homeland and the communities of the Viking diaspora. Moreover, the results indicate that the circumstances of migration, such as location, resource availability, and the presence of a local population, results in society changing in different, yet significant, ways: gendered burial …
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The Other Body: Persons in Viking Age Multiple Burials in Scandinavia and the Western Diaspora
… within a grave— are a common feature of the Viking Age mortuary landscape throughout Scandinavia and the lands of the Western Diaspora. Even though a number of spectacular examples have captured the imagination of professionals and the public alike, multiple burials have not been the subject …
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Marine Resource Specialization in Viking Age Iceland: Exploitation of Seabirds and Fish on Hegranes in Skagafjörður
… focuses on the zooarchaeology of four Viking Age sites on Hegranes, located in Skagafjörður, north Iceland, in order to understand the early economy of the region and place it in a broader context with other settlement sites across the island. This research helps to understand the ways …
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Finding balance in unequal relations: the burial of humans and animals in the Viking Age world
… many other animal species. This is also true for Viking Age burial customs, where different types of animals were commonly killed to be placed in human graves. Acknowledging this asymmetry, however, does not imply that animals were - and should be considered - passive and inanimate props …
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The Regional Communities of Viking Age Norway and their Contribution to Socio-Political Dynamics, c. 900 - 1050
… in Scandinavia in the last 150 years of the Viking Age has long been preoccupied with the formation of the medieval precursors to Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Focusing on the geographical area encompassed by modern Norway, this thesis looks beyond the received narrative of state formation by …
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Hydrodynamics of formation fluids related to depositional systems in the Bow Island-Viking succession (early Cretaceous) of western Saskatchewan.
Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1989 .N935. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1989.
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Shetland and the trade of steatite goods in the North Atlantic region during the Viking and early medieval period
… involved in trade of steatite goods during the Viking and Early Medieval periods. Artefact assessment has highlighted distinctive steatite artefact types from Shetland, Norway and Greenland. This visual provenance technique allowed comprehensive assessment of imported steatite artefacts from the …
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"Inside that fortress sat a few peasant men, and it was half-made": a study of 'Viking' fortifications in the British Isles, AD793-1066
The study of Viking fortifications is a neglected subject which could reveal much to archaeologists about the Viking way of life. The popular representation of these Scandinavian seafarers is often as drunken, bloodthirsty heathens who rampaged across Britain leaving a trail of destruction in their …
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