The York-Dublin Axis Reconsidered - An Interdisciplinary Approach to Viking Towns

重新考虑约克-都柏林轴线——维京城镇的跨学科方法

• 批准号: AH/V004034/1
• 负责人: Stephen Harrison
• 金额: $ 4.32万
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV004034%2F1
• 关键词: York; Dublin; Axis; Reconsidered; Interdisciplinary

This project will create an interdisciplinary network of scholars and heritage professionals who share interests in Britain and Ireland's two greatest Viking towns; York and Dublin. It will foster and enhance interdisciplinary, international collaborative research, heritage management practice, public outreach and creative enterprise. Since the 1970s, a new appreciation of the role of towns, urbanisation and trade has transformed our understanding of the Viking Age from Scandinavia to Russia, as well as in Britain and Ireland. Although international trading and manufacturing sites played crucially important economic, political and social roles, they were also relatively rare - no more than a dozen are known from across the Viking world.In this context, Dublin and York - by far the best documented and best excavated urban centres in the Viking West - are of exceptional international importance. Contemporary sources are relatively well-studied, and half a century of urban excavations has produced exceptional evidence. The towns constitute vital resources for archaeologists and heritage professionals alike, but with some exceptions, communication and collaboration between specialists and practitioners, and between the two modern cities, has been limited. This lack of communication between contemporary professionals is particularly significant because the political relationship between Viking York and Dublin was once very close: they shared a ruling dynasty, the 'grandsons of Ivarr', for a significant period in the 9th and 10th centuries. However, the impact of this political link on the social and economic development of the two towns is under-researched and largely unrecognised by the public.Our understanding of life in Viking-Age York and Dublin has been transformed by archaeological research, but this has developed in subtly different ways in each city, and has not always informed discussions of broader historical narratives. New scientific methods and interpretative models offer huge potential for future research, and new systems of data management and public outreach offer both challenges and opportunities.Our network will bring together academics, field archaeologists, artefact specialists, heritage professionals, and public historians and archaeologists to explore the relationship between the two towns in this seminal period, comparing and contrasting the relationships between the living cities and their Viking heritage. How close - or different - is the evidence they have produced? How can new research techniques inform our understanding of systems of trade, manufacturing and economy? Does this transform long-standing models of the cities' development? Can the research and management experiences of each city inform best practice? Can the cities benefit from shared approaches to new digital technologies? And how can new discoveries best be communicated to the general public? Our workshops will provide a forum to plan future activity, and an authentic platform for meaningful public engagement. Our key aims are to re-examine the evidence in detail, to situate this evidence in its broader context, and to consider the potential for future collaboration. To this end, we will organise three workshops. The first, 'New Evidence' (York Spring 2021) will provide a forum for new research; the second 'New Approaches (Dublin Autumn 2021) will challenge existing models of urban development; and the third, 'New Engagements' (Dublin Spring 2022) will examine the relationship between the modern cities and their Viking past. A strategy document will be produced, and the results will be disseminated in a range of media.By stimulating discussion between key stakeholders and knowledge-makers, this project will reinvigorate the study of both Viking towns, draw fresh attention to the connections between them, reengage with debates on Viking-Age urbanism, and lay the groundwork for future research and outreach.

该项目将创建一个由学者和遗产专业人士组成的跨学科网络，他们对英国和爱尔兰两个最伟大的维京城镇约克和都柏林有着共同的兴趣。它将促进和加强跨学科、国际合作研究、遗产管理实践、公众宣传和创造性事业。自20世纪70年代以来，对城镇、城市化和贸易的作用的新认识，改变了我们对北欧海盗时代的理解，从斯堪的纳维亚半岛到俄罗斯，以及英国和爱尔兰。虽然国际贸易和制造业遗址发挥了至关重要的经济、政治和社会作用，但它们也相对罕见--仅有十几个来自整个维京世界。在这种背景下，都柏林和约克--迄今为止记录最好、发掘最好的维京西部城市中心--具有特别的国际重要性。当代的来源研究相对较好，半个世纪的城市发掘产生了特殊的证据。这些城镇对考古学家和遗产专业人员来说都是至关重要的资源，但除了一些例外，专家和从业人员之间以及这两个现代城市之间的沟通与合作一直受到限制。当代专业人士之间缺乏沟通尤其重要，因为维京约克和都柏林之间的政治关系曾经非常密切：在9世纪和10世纪的一段重要时期，他们共同统治着一个王朝--“伊瓦尔的孙子”。然而，这种政治联系对这两个城镇的社会和经济发展的影响还没有得到充分的研究，公众基本上没有意识到这一点。考古研究改变了我们对维京时代约克和都柏林生活的理解，但这在每个城市以微妙的不同方式发展，并不总是有助于更广泛的历史叙事的讨论。新的科学方法和解释模型为未来的研究提供了巨大的潜力，而新的数据管理和公共宣传系统既提供了挑战，也提供了机会。我们的网络将把学者、田野考古学家、文物专家、文物专业人士以及公共历史学家和考古学家聚集在一起，探索这一开创性时期这两个城镇之间的关系，比较和对比活着的城市和它们的维京遗产之间的关系。他们提供的证据有多接近--或者说不同--有多接近？新的研究技术如何帮助我们理解贸易、制造和经济系统？这是否改变了城市发展的长期模式？每个城市的研究和管理经验能为最佳实践提供参考吗？这些城市能从共享的新数字技术方法中受益吗？如何才能最好地将新发现传达给普通公众？我们的研讨会将提供一个论坛来规划未来的活动，并提供一个真正的平台，让有意义的公众参与。我们的主要目标是重新详细地检查证据，将这些证据置于更广泛的背景下，并考虑未来合作的潜力。为此，我们将举办三个工作坊。第一，《新证据》(《2021年春季纽约》)将为新的研究提供一个论坛；第二，《新方法》(2021年秋季)将挑战现有的城市发展模式；第三，《新行动》(2022年春季)将研究现代城市与其维京历史之间的关系。将编制一份战略文件，其结果将在各种媒体上传播。通过促进主要利益攸关方和知识制定者之间的讨论，该项目将重振对这两个维京城镇的研究，提请人们重新关注它们之间的联系，重新参与关于维京时代城市化的辩论，并为未来的研究和外联奠定基础。