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The latest volume of Acta Archaeologica (Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford ), Vol. 79 - 2008, edited by K. Randsborg.
This volume, titled “Nordic World. Prehistory to Medieval Times”, contains a number of significant and very exiting studies:
A discussion and explanation of the orientation of Danish Passage graves (C. Clausen et al.); Estimations of stability and change in Scandinavian rock-art (K. Sognnes); News on registered territoriality in the Bronze Age (K. Randsborg); An in-depth analysis of the architecture of famous Iron Age Feddersen Wierde, including Megaron parallels at Troja (W. Meyer-Christian); Novel interpretations of the archaeological remains at the Viking Age royal centre of Jelling, including the double Basilica cathedral (K. Randsborg); Use of lipid and elemental analysis in understanding the use of space in the Migration Period: Lake Mälar region, Sweden (B. Hjulström et al.); Archaeo-botanical studies of Tæbring settlement (AD 600-1100) in NW Denmark (P. Mikkelsen et al.); Magnate estates of the Viking Age in Scania (A. Carlie); Icelandic cult practices in the Viking Age (B.F. Einarsson); The meaning of womens’ ornaments in Viking Age (J. Callmer); Icelandic monasteries (S. Kristjánsdóttir); The Great mound of Newgrange (P. Eriksen); The Longphort in Viking Age Ireland (J. Sheehan); Aistulf - the Lombard king and the Adriatic Sea (R. Hodges); Detailed Bronze Age chronology in Denmark at 1850 (K. Randsborg).