Ebook: Globalisation, Battlefields, and Economics: Three inaugural lectures in archaeology

This booklet contains three inaugural lectures presented at Moesgård on the 22nd October 2004. On this day three scholars were appointed to professorships at the Institute of Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics at the University of Aarhus: two adjunct professors - James Gramham-Campell and Claus von Carnap-Bornheim - both elected for their outstanding qulifications within early Medieval and late Iron Age archaeology respectively, and one extraordinarily appointed professor, Helle Vandkilde, whose professorship on Globalisation and Archeology was made possible through a strategic investme.;Cover; Title Page; Colophon; Preface; Archaeology, Anthropology and Globalisation; Helle Vandkilde; Introductory remarks; Archaeology; Archaeology and anthropology; Globalisation; New initiatives; References; Some Remarks on Kalkriese and the Archaeology of Battlefields; Claus von Carnap-Bornheim; References; Comparative Economics: Silver in Viking-Age Britain and Ireland; James Graham-Campbell; North Holland; The Dual Economy of the Danelaw; The Vikings in Ireland; Scandinavian Scotland; Isle of Man; Conclusion; References.