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Bone Antler Ivory & Horn: The Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period | Arthur MacGregor | Barnes & Noble Books, New Jersey, 1985 | 0-7099-3242-1 | The boneworker's bible covers working methods and tools, plus hundreds of artefacts organized by type, with descriptions | |
Building Customs in Viking Age Denmark | Holger Schmidt Jean Olsen, tr |
Poul Kristensen Grafisk Virksomhed a.s., Denmark, 1994 | 8774683853 | Med. | New arrival - still on the "to read" pile but with some good images of various types of building construction |
Craftsmanship and Function | Gustaf Trotzig | Stockholm, 1991 | 9171928170 | Thesis | Good discussion of 32 metal vessels from graves in Gotland with full grave reports |
Domestic Wooden Artefacts in Britain and Ireland from Neolithic to Viking Times | Earwood, Caroline | University of Exeter Press: Exeter, 1993 | 0-85989-389-8 | This book has lots of pictures of artefacts, chapters on tools, carving and bentwood techniques, cooperage, and a huge bibliography | |
From Viking to Crusader | Else Rosedahl & D.M. Wilson | Rizzoli International Pub., Inc., NY, NY, 1992 | 847816257 | High | A first rate resource if you can find it. Hundreds of artifacts almost all of them with high quality B&W pictures. Write-ups include date, artifact number, museum of residence, size, and some information about context. There are also sections of weriteup on a variety of topics. |
Full Circle, First Contact | Kevin McAleese, ed. | Newfoundland Museum, St. John's, Nfld, 2000 | 969159056 | Easy | |
Magic of Gold in Life and Legend | Knape Anita, ed | Statens Historiska Museum, Stockholm 1994. | 91-792-937-1 | This is the catalogue of the gold and silver finds on display at the Statens Historiska Museum. It includes a large chapter on Viking finds and a section on prehistoic goldsmithing techniques. The colour photos are wonderful. | |
Modern replication based on the pattern welded sword of Sutton Hoo | Scott Lankton Et al | Medieval Institute Publications, Kalamazoo, MI, 1989 | 091872029X | Easy | A small phamlet of the reproduction of the Sutton Hoo sword. |
Viking | Tre Tryckare | Cagner & CO, Gothenburg Sweden | Easy | The "wrinkly people" book. A good place to start but be careful of the accuracy of the artist's representations, and some dated infomation | |
Viking - hammer of the north | Magnus Magnusson | Galahad Books, NY NY, 1979 | 883654326 | Easy | |
Viking age archaeology in Britain & Ireland | Richard Hall | Shire Publications, Buckhamshire UK, 1990 | 747800634 | Easy | |
Viking Artefacts: A select catalogue | James Graham-Campbell | British Museum Publications, Ltd, 1980 | 714113549 | High | A first rate resource if you can find it. Hundreds of artifacts almost all of them with high quality B&W pictures. Write-ups include date, artifact number, museum of residence, size, and some information about context. There are also sections of weriteup on a variety of topics. |
Viking Heritage: A Dialogue between Cultures | State Museums of the Mosco Kremlin and Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm, 1996 |
91-7209-0021-9 | This is the catalogue from an exhibit which brought together the great Kremlin hoard with its closest analogues among the finds from Gotland in the Museum of National Antiquities, and discusses the relations between Sweden and Rus'. | ||
Viking World | James Graham-Campbell | Fancis Lincon Publishers, London, UK, 1980 | 906459044 | Med | 1st Ed. |
Viking World | James Graham-Campbell | Fancis Lincon Publishers, London, UK, 1989 | 071120571x | Med | 2nd Ed. |
Vikings | James Graham-Campbell & Dafydd Kidd | British Museum, London UK, 1980 | 714113530 | ||
Vikings: the North Atlantic Saga | William Fitzhugh and Elisabeth I. Ward, ed. | Smithsonian (Washington and London), in association with the National Museum of Natural History, 2000 | 1560989955 |
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