Cultures in contact: Scandinavian settlement in England in the Ninth & Tenth Centuries.

Cultures in contact: Scandinavian settlement in England in the Ninth & Tenth Centuries. DAWN M. HADLEY & JULIAN D. RICHARDS (ed.). Cultures in contact:Scandinavian settlement in England in the Ninth & Tenth Centuries.viii+331 pages, 29 figures. 2000. Turnhout: Brepols; 2-503-50978-9hardback 50 [European Dollar]. Drs HADLEY & RICHARDS introduce 14 articles, coveringadministration, language, religion and cultural identity among Norsesettlements in England. Archaeologists will be drawn especially to thethree papers on sculpture (D. Stocker and P. Sidebottom) and metalworkand the last four, which cover burials, DNA DNA:see nucleic acid. DNAor deoxyribonucleic acidOne of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. (M.P. Evison), buildings(RICHARDS) and the evidence from York (R.A. Hall). S. Trafford considersissues of method and theory. Wirral comprises 10 Sturdy articles, old(including F.T. Wainwright) and new, on place-names and field-names,history, archaeology, folklore and antiquarianism an��ti��quar��i��an?n.One who studies, collects, or deals in antiquities.adj.1. Of or relating to antiquarians or to the study or collecting of antiquities.2. Dealing in or having to do with old or rare books. , with a gazetteer gazetteer(găz'ĭtēr`), dictionary or encyclopedia listing alphabetically the names of places, political divisions, and physical features of the earth and giving some information about each. ofplace-names, and a list of recommended reading. See too the followingsection.