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Galloway Hoard: Where Did the Silver Come From?
The Galloway Hoard is dominated by silver. Cutting-edge science can now trace sources of silver with greater accuracy than ever before. What might this reveal about Viking trading and raiding? The Viking Age is known for its silver treasures. The Galloway Hoard, buried around AD 900, was discovered by metal-detecting...Maldonado, Adrián ; Kershaw, Jane ; Magnusson, Sally
science and archaeology, burial practices, The Galloway Hoard, Viking Age Scotland, and silver treasures
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The Galloway Hoard: viking age treasure
Dr Adrian Maldonado joins us to speak about the Galloway Hoard, the world-famous viking-age treasure.Maldonado, Adrián
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The Crack of Doom: Viking-Age hoards before the hacksilver horizon
Viking-age hacksilver hoards (c. 880 – 1050) consist mainly of silver bullion, attesting to the rise of a metal-weight market economy. However, across Britain, there is a brief window of time in which the rate of hoard deposition begins to accelerate, but before hacksilver becomes the dominant component. In light...Maldonado, Adrián
Galloway Hoard, Cheshire hoards, Chester, Wirral, Early Medieval , and Viking Age
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Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard
Buried at the beginning of the 10th century in Dumfries and Galloway, the Hoard lay undisturbed for a thousand years before being discovered by a metal detectorist and excavated by an archaeologist in September 2014. Four years of painstaking conservation and research has restored these rare and unique treasures to...Goldberg, Martin ; Maldonado, Adrián