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  • Ambrosiani, Kristina. 1981. Viking Age Combs, Combmaking, and Combmakers in the Light of Finds from Birka and Ribe. Stockholm Studies in Archaeology 2.
  • Anderson, Aron. 1981. Medieval Woodcarvings in Sweden. Safeguarding of Medieval Altar Pieces and woodcarvings in Churches and Museums. KVHAA Konferenser 6. pp- 27-32.
  • Arwidsson, Greta and Gosta Berg. 1983. The Mastermyr Find: A Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotalnd. Stockholm:KVHAA/Almqvist & Wiksell.
  • Axboe, Morten. 1984. Positive and negative versions in the making of chip carving ornaments. Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. pp. 31-42.
  • Bertelson, Reidar. 1989. Decorated spoons of reindeer antler in Norwegian urban and rural context. Archaeology and the urban Economy: Festschrift to Asbjorn E. Herteig. Arkeologiske Skrifter 5. eds. Siri Myrvold et al. Bergen: Historisk Museum Universitet i Bergen. pp. 245-254.
  • Brate, Erik, ed. Sveriges runinskrifter: II. Osterhotlands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1911-1918.
  • Brate, Erik, and Elias Wessen eds. Sveriges runinskrifter: III. Sodermanlands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1924-1936.
  • Callmer, Johan and Julian Henderson. 1991. Glassworking at Ahus, south Sweden [Skane, 8th century AD]. Labortaiv Arkeologi 5: 143-154.
  • Cyrus Zetterstrom, Ulla. 1988. “A monochrome patterned silk fabric among the finds from Birka.” Opera Textila Variorum Temporum: To Honor Agnes Geijir on her 90th Birthday 26 Oct 1988. Museum of National Antiquities 8. eds. Inger Estham and Margarets Nockert. Stockholm: Museum of National Antiquities. pp. 45-48.
  • Dahl, Sverri. 1979. Forn barnaleiku i Foroyum. Mondul 3: 3-13 [Article about ancient toys from the Faroe Islands.]
  • Duwel, Klaus. 1983. Runenkunde. 2nd ed. Stuttgart: Metzler. (A useful bibliographic survey on runic texts.)
  • Ellegard, Alvar. 1987. “Who were the Eruli?” Scandia 53: 5-34. (The Erulians or Herulians are thought to be the people who brought the runes to Scandinavia.)
  • Estham, Inger. 1988 “A newly discovered intarsia and gold leather embroidery.” Opera Textila Variorum Temporum: To Honor Agnes Geijir on her 90th Birthday 26 Oct 1988. Museum of National Antiquities 8. eds. Inger Estham and Margarets Nockert. Stockholm: Museum of National Antiquities. pp. 93-110.
  • Fjellstrom, Phebe. 1985. “The Hlad: A Viking Hair Ornament.” In Honorem Evert Baudou. Archaeology and Environment 4. eds Margareta Backe et al. Umea, Sweden: Universitet Avd for Arkeologi.
  • Fridstrom, Erik. 1984. The Viking Age Wood Carvers. Their Tools and Techniques. Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. pp. 87-92.
  • Fuglesang, Signa Horn.
    • 1981. Woodcarvers - Professionals and Amateurs in Eleventh Century Trondheim. Economic Aspects of the Viking Age. eds. David Wilson and M.L. Caygill. British Museum Occasional Papers 30. London: British Museum.
    • 1984. Wood carving from Oslo and Trondheim and some reflections on period styles. Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. pp. 93-108.
  • Geijir, Agnes. 1983. “The Textile Finds from Birka.” Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. pp. 80-99.
  • Gudjons. Showcase of Icelandic National Treasures.
  • Gunnora. 7/31/97. Viking Dance and Music. SCA-ARTS.
  • Hagg, Inga. 1983. “Viking Women’s Dress at Birka: A Reconstruction by Archaeological Methods.” Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. pp. 316-350.
  • Hiruluoto, Anna-Liisa. 1990. A bone spoon from Pirkkala. Iskos 9: 87-91.
  • Hoffman, Marta. 1983. “Beds and Bedclothes in Medieval Norway.” Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. pp. 351-367.
  • Hulthen, Birgitta. 1987. Some notes on ceramic production during the early Iron Age. Studien zur Sachsenforschung 6: 95-99.
  • Jacobsen, Lis and Erik Moltke. Danmarks runeindskrifter. Copenhagen: Einar Munksgarrd. 1941-1942.
  • Jansson, Sven B.F.
    • 1964. Sveriges runinskrifter: XIII. Vastmanlands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien.
    • 1975-1978. Sveriges runinskrifter: XIV. Narkes runinskrifter. Varmlands runeinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien.
    • 1981. Sveriges runinskrifter: XV. Gastriklands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien.
    • 1984. Runinskrifter i Sverige. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiskell Forlag AB.
    • 1987. Runes in Sweden. trans Peter Foote. Stockholm: Gidlunds.
  • Jansson, Sven B.F., Elias Wessen and Wlisabeth Svardstrom, eds. Sveriges runinskrifter: XI-XII. Gotlands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1962-1978.
  • Jungner, Hugo and Wlisabeth Svardstrom, eds. Sveriges runinskrifter: V. Vastergotlands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1940-1971.
  • Kinander, Ragnar, ed. Sveriges runinskrifter: IV. Smalands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1935-1961.
  • Lang, James T. 1988. Viking Age Decorated Wood: A Study of Its Ornament and Style (Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81 Series B1). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
  • Larsen, Erling Benner. Tracing the tools by their traces: Identification and documentation of tool traces - illustrated through punch-decorated objects from the early Germanic Iron Age. Kuml 1982-1983. Arhus: Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskub 1984. pp 169-179.
  • Lindow, John. 1979. Myths and Legends of the Vikings. Santa Barbara CA: Bellerophon Books.
  • Lonborg, Bjarne. The method of production of Viking Age tortoise brooches. Kuml 1991-1992. Arhus: I Kommission Hos Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 1991-1992, pp. 151-164.
  • Olsen, Magnus. 1954. “Runic Inscriptions in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man,” In: Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland. Part 6 ed Haakon Shetelig. Oslo. pp. 151-233.
  • Olsen, Magnus and Aslak Liestol, eds. Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer. Oslo: Norsk Historisk Kjeldeskrift-Institutt, 1941-1990 (work is still continuing).
  • Page, R.I. 1987. Runes: Reading the Past. London: British Museum.
  • MacGregor, Arthur. 1985. Bone, Antler, Ivory & Horn: the Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period. Totowa: Barnes & Noble.
  • Madsen, Hans Jorgen. 1983. An Introduction to Danish Medieval Ceramics. Pp. 187-190 in Ceramics and Trade. eds. Peter Davey and Richard Hodges. Sheffield: University of Sheffield Department of Prehistory and Archaeology.
  • Madsen, Per Kristian. 1986. A survey of the research of Danish medieval pottery. Medieval Ceramics 10: 57-84.
  • Mageroy, Ellen M. 1946. Abraham-hornet fra Island. Viking 49: 235-247. [Discusses a carved Icelandic drinking horn.]
  • Magnus, Bente. 1984. The Interlace Motif on the bucket-shaped pottery of the Migration Period. Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. pp. 139-157.
  • Meehan. Celtic Design: The Dragon and the Griffon. Thames & Hudson.
  • Munksgaard, Elisabeth. “The Embroideries from Bjerringhoy, Mammen.” Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 159-171.
  • Nilsson, Torvald. 1986. Om medeltida sadeltacken. Kulturen. pp 312-339. [Discusses a carved and tooled leather sheet used as a saddle pad.]
  • Nockert, Margareta. 1983. “A Scandinavian Haberget?” Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. pp. 100-107 [Describes a semicircular cloak and gives pattern drafts for th.e tablet-woven trim on the cloak.]
  • Parsons. Designer's Guide to Scandinavian Patterns, a Chronicle book.
  • Pritchard, Frances. 1988. “Silk braids and textiles of the Viking Age from Dublin.” Archaeological Textiles. eds Lise Bender Jorgensen et al. Copenhagen: Kobenhavens Universitet, Arkaeologick Institut. pp. 149-161.
  • Sawyer, Birgit. 1988. Property and inheritance in Viking Scandinavia: the runic evidence. Alingsas: Viktoria Bokforlag.
  • Schmitt, Larry
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  • Slomann, Wencke and Arne Emil Christiansen. 1984. The Aker Find: Facts, Theories and Speculations. Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. pp. 173-190.
  • Soderburg, Sven and Erik Brate, eds. Sveriges runinskrifter: I. Olands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1900-1906.
  • Stromback, Dag. 1970. The Epiphany in Runic Art: the Dynna and Sika Stones. London: University College London.
  • Tomantera, Leena. 5/3/1983. “Braid, weave, and ‘foxtail’” Fenno Ugri et Slavi 1983: Papers Presented by the Participants in the Soviet-Finnish Symposium ‘Trade, Exchange and Culture Relations of the Peoples of Fennoscandia and Eastern Europe.' Helsinki: Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys-Finska Fornminnes Foreningen. 1984. pp. 70-76.
  • Turnau, Irena. 1983. “The Diffusion of Knitting in Medieval Europe.” Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. (Pasold Studies in Textile History 2). eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. pp. 368-389.
  • Walton, Penelope. 1991. “Dyes and wools in textiles from Mammen.” Mammen - Grav, Kunst og Samfund i Vikingetid. Arhus: Aarjus Universitetsforlag. pp. 139-143.
  • Wessen, Elias and Sven B.F. Jansson, eds. Sveriges runinskrifter: VI-IX. Upplands runinskrifter. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antivitetes akademien. 1940-1958.
  • Williams, Mary Wilhelmine. 1920. Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age. New York: Krause Reprint Co., 1971, p.323-324.
  • Wilson, David M.
  • Wilson, David M. and Ole Klindt-Jensen. 1980. Viking Art. 2nd ed. London: George Allen and Unwin.
References By Title
  • Icelandic Sagas and Manuscripts
  • Runor och runinskrifter. Kungl Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, Konferenser 15. Stockholm: Statens historiska museum. 1980. (A collection of artucles, some in English, dealing with runes and runic inscriptions.)
  • When Longships Sailed : Vikings Ad 800-1100 (What Life Was Like Series). Time-Life Books.

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