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A norse settlement in the Outer Hebrides : excavations on mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist /

The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to drastic changes. The islands were systematically ravaged...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sharples, Niall M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2019.
Colección:Bornais
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