Commerce and trade in Viking Age Norway. Exchange of products or organized transactions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6095391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Blindheim (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 8-18 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293652.1982.9965362 |
| OpenAlex | W1970455081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In this paper the difficulties of distinguishing between commerce in the sense of exchange of products (i.e. more locally organized trade between neighbours/districts) and trade carried out as the main occupation for certain people, are discussed. These are questions very closely connected with the urbanization process of Norway. With the material from Kaupang (Skiringssal) as a point of departure, the author discusses two ways of finding out what type of trade was carried out in Viking Age Norway: A) One may look for the same combination of names found at Kaupang in other places. These seem to reveal ‘town‐making’ features. B) Ask whether any of the still existing medieval towns in Norway have had a pre‐urban stage. At the end of the paper the author discusses the possibilities of tracing different commodities which were traded over the different ports or market‐places
Archaeology · Business · Commerce · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Point (geometry) · Tracing · Viking Age · Computer Science · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |