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Total pages original book: 322
Includes a PDF summary of 35 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 26M51S (7 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: Ships and shipbuilding were important elements of Viking culture and a precondition for trade, warfare and conquest. The important excavations at the Viking towns of Hedeby and Schleswig-Holstein revealed a rich body of finds of wrecks and parts of ships. This is a report on this material and also examines the role of the towns as ports and the role of trading in their development.
Other categories, genre or collection: Medieval European Archaeology, Archaeology, Archaeology By Period / Region, Medieval History, Ships & Shipping, European History