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World ArchaeologyVolume 44, Issue 2, 2012Special Issue: The Archaeology of Sport and Pastimes |
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What the Vikings did for fun? Sports and pastimes in medieval northern Europe
Abstract
Although the Viking Age has been studied for many years and from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives, still very little attention is given to the various pastimes of the Norsemen. This article seeks to explore what the Vikings did for ‘fun’ both inside and outside their homes and in different regions in their diaspora. Attention is paid to games and pastimes of both children and adults and these matters are examined in the context of textual and archaeological evidence.
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- Published online: 19 Apr 2012
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- a Department of Archaeology , University of Aberdeen
Author biographies
Leszek Gardeła is a PhD student in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. He specializes in the study of Viking and Slavic beliefs and their reflection in archaeological remains. He has excavated prehistoric, early medieval and early modern sites in Poland and Iceland and published a number of works on different subjects related to Viking and Slavic archaeology
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