Vikings
Subtitle: the North Atlantic saga
By: edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Elisabeth I. Ward.
Contributors: Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-; Ward, Elisabeth I.; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of Natural History
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Vikings.; Northmen.; Vikings -- Material culture -- Catalogs.; North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.; Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.; Greenland -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "Celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the movement of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-413) and index.
"An exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 29, 2000-September 5, 2000"--T.p.