IMC 2004: Sessions

Session 612: Culture Clash?: Scandinavian Cultural Interaction in the North Atlantic, II

Organiser:	Leigh A. Symonds, Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Ontario
Moderator/Chair:	Julian D. Richards, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Paper 612-a	Norse-Native Contact in the Northern Isles (Language: English) Shannon M. Lewis-Simpson, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Demography
Paper 612-b	The Norse Settlement of Islay (Language: English) Alan Macniven, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Edinburgh Index terms: Daily Life, Demography, Social History
Paper 612-c	Language Contact and the Gall-Gaidhil (Language: English) Alison Grant, School of Critical Studies (English Language), University of Glasgow Index terms: Daily Life, Demography, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	This session ends a series of papers exploring current approaches to the Scandinavian cultural interaction in the North Atlantic c. AD 750-1100. The three papers offered focus on Norse-Native contact in the Northern Isles (S. Lewis) and the Isle of Islay, where the paper will look specifically at place-name evidence (A. Macniven), as well as discussing language contact and the Gall-Gaidhil (A. Grant).