Research Catalog

'Given to the ground' : a Viking age mass grave on Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth / by Louise Loe, Angela Boyle, Helen Webb and David Score ; with contributions by Lesley Abrams [and 17 others] ; illustrations by Magdalena Wachnik [and 5 others].

Title
'Given to the ground' : a Viking age mass grave on Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth / by Louise Loe, Angela Boyle, Helen Webb and David Score ; with contributions by Lesley Abrams [and 17 others] ; illustrations by Magdalena Wachnik [and 5 others].
Author
Loe, Louise
Publication
[Dorchester] : Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 2014.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextRequest in advance DA690.W54 L64 2014Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Boyle, A. (Angela)
  • Webb, Helen (Archaeologist)
  • Score, David
  • Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society publisher.
Description
xxiv, 303 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour); 30 cm.
Summary
This volume describes one of the most exciting and unexpected archaeological discoveries to have been made in Britain in recent years, that of a rare mass grave of executed Vikings on Ridgeway Hill, Dorset. The skeletons, around 50 in total, were predominantly of young adult males all of whom had been decapitated: heads had been deposited in a pile at the southern edge of the grave, while the beheaded bodies had been apparently thrown in with little care. Since their recovery experts have undertaken forensic studies of the bones and have applied cutting edge techniques to elicit the most information possible, in order to understand who the individuals were and what circumstances led to their demise. It reveals an extraordinary story of the discovery of what is arguably the most dramatic physical evidence for violence in early medieval Britain ever encountered by archaeologists.
Series Statement
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society monograph series ; no. 22
Uniform Title
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society monograph series ; no. 22.
Subject
  • Burial
  • Antiquities
  • Mass burials > Weymouth (Dorset)
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Weymouth (Dorset)
  • Weymouth (Dorset, England) > Antiquities
  • England > Weymouth (Dorset)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-300) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Archaeological description -- Analyses of the human skeletons -- Catalogue of the skeletons -- Discussion and interpretation.
ISBN
  • 9780900341588
  • 0900341580
OCLC
  • 880768602
  • SCSB-12705691
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library