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BL
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850398
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Glørstad, Zanette T.
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Viking-Age Transformations : : Trade, Craft and Resources in Western Scandinavia.
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| Publication Statement
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Milton :: Taylor and Francis,, 2016.
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Culture, Environment and Adaptation in the North
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1 online resource (311 pages)
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1317001893
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: 1317001907
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: 9781317001898
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: 9781317001904
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147247077X
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9781472470775
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| Notes
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Surplus production in a local perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Viking-Age Transformations- Front Cover; Viking-Age Transformations; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of contributors; Chapter 1: Viking-Age economic transformations: the West-Scandinavian case; The economic turn; Viking-Age economic transformations; Subsistence, commission, and commodity production; Commodity production for local, regional, and intraregional trade; Commodity production for long-distance trade; Urbanisation and seasonal markets; Trade routes and monetisation; The coast and the interior; Concluding comment; References.
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Chapter 4: Domestic and exotic materials in early medieval Norwegian towns: an archaeological perspective on production, procurement and consumptionIntroduction; Data and methodology; Production, procurement and consumption; General patterns discerned and comments for further studies; Final comments; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5: The price of justice and administration of coinage; Expenses and travel routes; An overview of the compensation scheme; The economic system of the thing site; Money and its use at the thing; Ecclesiastical law and money; Conclusions; Note; References.
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Chapter 8: Soapstone vessels and quernstones as commodities in the Viking Age and Middle AgesIntroduction; Soapstone vessels in time and space; Quernstones in time and space; Viking-Age trade?; Trade in the Middle Ages; Actors in trade; Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 9: The Uplands: the deepest of forests and the highest of mountains -- resource exploitation and landscape management in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages in southern Norway; Introduction; The Uplands; Continuity and variation in resource exploitation; Technological adaptation and regional dynamics.
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PART I: Trade and tradersChapter 2: Approaching trade in pre-state and early state societies; Introduction; The great divide; Models and the study of the past; Models of interaction; New institutional economics; Explaining trade as networks; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: The use of silver as a medium of exchange in Jämtland, c. 875-1050; Introduction; Weights and balances found in graves in Jämtland; Equipment for trade?; Supporting evidence; Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes; References.
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PART II: Production and resourcesChapter 6: The extensive iron production in Norway in the tenth to thirteenth century: a regional perspective; Introduction; Technological changes in iron production; The example of Gravfjellet; Actors in the iron production; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Viking-period non-ferrous metalworking and urban commodity production; Introduction; Urban commodity production?; Serial production to order; More than trade goods; Same, but different; The significance of standardization; Conclusion: navigation in a new landscape; References.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Reference.
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Commerce.
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Economic history.
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Scandinavia, Commerce.
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Scandinavia, Economic conditions.
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Scandinavia, History, To 1397.
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Scandinavia.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.948/022
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| LC Classification
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HC344.V55 2017
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| Added Entry
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Loftsgarden, Kjetil.
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