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Ian Morrison.
The North Sea Earls: The Shetland/Viking Archaeological Expedition.
Published London: Gentry Books, 1973.
ISBN 0856140287.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK by Lowe & Brydone.
Size: 158x238x18mm.
Page count: 148pp inc. 45 maps & figures, plus 16 pages of plates; illustrated endpapers; all monochrome.
Main language: English.
Overal condition good: a little wear to the dustjacket, though a previous owner has enclosed it in librafoil to prevent further deterioration; previous owner’s name on the half-title page, otherwise the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £9.50
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Weight without packaging: 540g.

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Looks at the Scandinavian legacy on Shetland through the eyes of a research group specialising in underwater archaeology, who went there to track down Earl Rognvald (his shipwreck is described in Orkneyinga Saga).

Contents: The expedition; Shetland today — & the Scandinavian legacy; The Earls set sail; Shipwreck & saga; Diver search; The Earl incognito & the tide-race — detective work at Jarlshof; Reconstructing the Viking seascape — Sumburgh at the time of the Earls; Conclusion.

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See also | Archaeology | Vikings |
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