Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. New in paperback.

Considers new theoretical and methodological approaches on the subject of how objects are valued and the relationship between material value and social and cultural factors.

Presents a summary of the excavations at Bornais and Cille Pheadair, providing an introduction to the Viking colonisation and Norse occupation of the Western Isles/Outer Hebrides of Scotland.