The Crack of Doom: Viking-Age hoards before the hacksilver horizon
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Lecture
Creator (person)
Maldonado, Adrià¡n
Abstract
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 of new research on the Galloway Hoard (c 900) and its Scottish context, this paper will shed new light on a dramatic period of rapid change in the mid- to late ninth century. Members will know of the Viking presence in Chester and on Wirral, as well as the Cheshire hoards of national importance, which this will help us think about.
Project(s)
Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Arts and Humanities Research Council | AH/T012218/1 |
Event title
The Crack of Doom: Viking-Age hoards before the hacksilver horizon
Publisher
Chester Archaeology Society
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