Architecture, society, and ritual in Viking Age Scandinavia : doors, dwellings, and domestic space /

In this book, Marianne Hem Eriksen explores the social organization of Viking Age Scandinavia through a study of domestic architecture, and in particular, the doorway. A highly charged architectural element, the door is not merely a practical, construction solution. Doors control access, generate mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eriksen, Marianne Hem (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Entry points
  • The power of the door
  • Fleshing out the past: houses and households of the Viking Age
  • Crossing the threshold: interior space
  • Networked landscapes: exterior space
  • "Lift me over door-hinges and lintels": doorways, bodies, and biographies
  • Thresholds to other worlds
  • Exits: a social archaeology of the Viking Age.