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This book explores the emergence of towns, urban lifestyles and identities in Ireland coinciding with the arrival of the Vikings and the appearance of the post-and-wattle Type 1 house. These houses reflect this crucial transition to urban living with its attendant changes for individuals, households, and society.
List of contents
Introduction: An Archaeology of Houses, of Towns and of Households; Part 1 – The Houses; 2. Ireland’s 9th century Viking-Age Settlements; 3. Ireland’s 10th- to 12th-century Viking-Age Towns; 4. Exploring the Houses; Part 2 – The Households; 5. Artefact Distribution Studies: Visible and Invisible Work Practices; 6. Access Analysis: Moving Around the House; 7. Exploring the Properties; Part 3 – The Town; 8. Urban Worlds and Urban Lives; 9. Ireland’s Viking-Age Towns: Where Next?
About the author
Rebecca Boyd is an archaeologist with a special research interest in the emergence of towns and urban life in Ireland’s Viking Age. She held a Government of Ireland Fellowship at the Department of Archaeology, University College Cork from 2019 to 2021. She obtained her PhD from University College Dublin in 2012. Her research interests span Ireland’s Viking Age, the archaeology of houses and households, crannogs, and public perceptions of heritage and archaeology.
Summary
This book explores the emergence of towns, urban lifestyles and identities in Ireland coinciding with the arrival of the Vikings and the appearance of the post-and-wattle Type 1 house. These houses reflect this crucial transition to urban living with its attendant changes for individuals, households, and society.
