Author: Holand, Ingegerd
Title: Sustaining Life : Vessel Import to Norway in the First Millennium AD
Description: Stavanger [Norway], Arkeologisk Museum, 2001. orig.wrappers. 30x20cm, 261 pp. Series: AmS-Skrifter / Arkeologisk museum i Stavanger, 17.. ISBN: 8277600844. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Weighs 950 grams. Contents: Problem identitification & research history; Research on the backround for vessel import; Purpose of present study; Methodological considerations, definitions & chopices; Imported Iron Age vessels from Norwegian burials - description; Bronze vessels from grave finds; Glass vessels from grave finds; Other imported vesels from grave finds; Imported Iron Ager vessels from other contexts; Imported Iron Age vessels from Norwegian burials - geographical / chronological distribution:Local settings & finds context: Farm coding & vessel distribution on coded farms; Identifiable aspects of vessel use; Interpretations: Vessels as prestige objects; The ceremonial role of drinking in Germanic and Norse societies; The symbolism of vessels; Vessels as ritual tools.

Keywords: 8277600844 Scandinavian Archaeology, Medieval Norway, Iron Age, Drinking Vessels, Antiquities, Excavation Reports, Archeology, Scandinavia,