The Royal manor Avaldsnes in southwest Norway holds a rich history testified by 13 th century sagas and exceptional graves from the first millennium AD. In 201112 the settlement was excavated. In this first book from the project crucial results from an international team of 23 scholars are published. The chapters cover a wide array of topics ranging from building-remains and scientific analyses of finds to landownership and ritual manifestations.

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Dagfinn Skre, University of Oslo, Norway.