Viking-Age Dublin and Kaupang: How, When and Where were the Dead Buried, and by Whom?

Viking-Age Dublin and Kaupang in Vestfold, Norway, have been under some sort of archaeological investigation for the better part of two centuries. What is now regarded as scientific archaeology was initiated at both places in the third quarter of the twentieth century, as is exemplified most commendably by the two books under review. Pre-scientific and scientific approaches to furnished burial as against non-furnished burial practices are here examined in relation to ethnic identity and settlement classification.