IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1623: The Viking Winter-Camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire, I
Thursday 12 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Dawn Hadley, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |
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Moderator/Chair: | Dawn Hadley, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |
Paper 1623-a | The Viking Winter-Camp at Torksey: A Review (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites |
Paper 1623-b | Metalwork from the Torksey Viking Site (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Numismatics |
Paper 1623-c | The Pottery Industry at Torksey (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life |
Abstract | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that the viking 'great army' over-wintered at Torksey on the River Trent in 872-3. Until recently, the nature of the settlement was obscure. However, the activities of metal-detectorists have begun to reveal large amounts of metalwork, suggesting both that the army came to a pre-existing settlement of some significance and that a Scandinavian signature continues to be visible into the 10th century. These two sessions report on the results of a new research project, exploring the archaeological evidence from Torksey and setting the site into its broader context. |