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Author:   Jonathan Chamberlain
Publisher:   Blacksmith Books
Imprint:   Blacksmith Books
Dimensions:   Width: 20.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 13.00cm
Weight:   0.208kg
ISBN:  

9789881774279

ISBN 10:   9881774276
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   01 November 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Exploring Skiringssal 1771-1999; Preparing the New Campaign; Skiringssal, Kaupang, Tjolling -- the Toponumic Evidence; The Kaupang Cemeteries Revisited; Evidence from the Settlement Area 1956-1984; The Fieldwork 1998-2003: Overview and Methods; The Settlement: Extent and Dating; The Settlement: Artefacts and Site Periods; The Settlement: Character, Structures and Features; Geology, Soils, Vegetation and Sea-Levels in the Kaupang Area; Dendrochronological Dates From Kaupang; Interpreting the Plant and Animal remains from Viking-age Kaupang; Soils and Sediments in the Settlement and Harbour at Kaupang; The Skiringssal Cemetary; The Skiringssal Thing Site tjoethalyng; The Emergence of a Central Place: Skiringssal in the 8th Century; Towns and Markets, Kings and Central Places in South-Western Scandinavia c.AD 800-950.

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""This may be the most moving story you will ever read."" -- Sunday Telegraph ""In Wordjazz for Stevie, Chamberlain writes with such brutal honesty that readers can't avoid a sense of intruding on some intensely private family matters. Yet there's also a mighty gratitude that he shares so much. The lessons he learned, the conclusions he reached, may help others to face their own big challenges. To the best of my knowledge, I've never met this author, but reading Wordjazz for Stevie conjures an illusion that I've known him for decades. Surely, only a close pal would express so much from deep inside his heart. At times, some readers may need to set aside the book, so powerful are its emotions. But no one should regret reading it - not for a moment."" -- Cairns Media Magazine

This may be the most moving story you will ever read. -- Sunday Telegraph In Wordjazz for Stevie, Chamberlain writes with such brutal honesty that readers can't avoid a sense of intruding on some intensely private family matters. Yet there's also a mighty gratitude that he shares so much. The lessons he learned, the conclusions he reached, may help others to face their own big challenges. To the best of my knowledge, I've never met this author, but reading Wordjazz for Stevie conjures an illusion that I've known him for decades. Surely, only a close pal would express so much from deep inside his heart. At times, some readers may need to set aside the book, so powerful are its emotions. But no one should regret reading it - not for a moment. -- Cairns Media Magazine

Author Information

Jonathan Chamberlain was brought up in Ireland and Hong Kong. After graduating in Social Anthropology at Sussex University, he returned to Hong Kong where he lived for many years as a teacher and writer.

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