The Norse and the Sea: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Scandinavian Scotland (NaS)

该项目将调查斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰的海洋文化景观（c。公元790-1350年），通过跨学科的方法，利用考古，书面和地名证据，并解决连接和通信在北欧苏格兰的首要问题。“海洋文化景观”一词最初是由挪威考古学家克里斯特·韦斯特达尔（Christer Westerdahl）创造的，表示“陆地和水下海洋文化残余的统一”。这是他为波的尼亚/波罗的海地区开发的开创性分析框架的一部分，该框架已成功应用于斯堪的纳维亚、德国和北大西洋。这一概念在斯堪的纳维亚的苏格兰几乎没有被探索过，尽管它同样适用于这一地区。通过将这一创新的研究框架与考古和地球物理实地考察相结合，该项目将产生关于海洋文化的新数据，并从全新的角度对这一地理区域进行重要研究。该项目将建立在三个主要研究领域之上：对斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰的挪威人定居点的现有研究，专注于海上苏格兰的小型研究计划，以及对来自德国、斯堪的纳维亚和更广阔的北大西洋的海洋文化景观的研究。研究将通过三个工作包进行。第一个项目包括一个题为“苏格兰西部的挪威港口”的博士项目，将通过地球物理调查和有针对性的挖掘来确定和检查苏格兰的一些挪威登陆点。在第二个工作包“苏格兰北部和西部的北欧人：定居点和海洋-地名学证据”中，一个PDRA和项目伙伴将审查地名，以便深入了解斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰的海上旅行和港口。还将通过研究当地民俗和采访当地人，从口头传统中提取数据，因为这些传统在苏格兰农村仍然很强。在第三个工作包旅行和通信在斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰和更广泛的北大西洋海洋文化景观以及旅行和通信的总体视图将通过挪威考古遗迹和景观研究的详细分析创建。总而言之，该项目将为斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰提供一个全新的视角。项目成果将在讲习班和会议上以及一系列出版物和网站上介绍。

This project will investigate the maritime cultural landscape in Scandinavian Scotland (c. AD 790-1350), through an interdisciplinary approach using archaeological, written and toponymic evidence and address the overarching questions of connectivity and communication in Norse Scotland. The term 'maritime cultural landscape' was originally coined by Norwegian archaeologists Christer Westerdahl to denote 'the unity of remnants of maritime culture on land as well as underwater'. This formed part of his ground-breaking analytical framework developed for the Bothnian/Baltic area and which has been successfully applied in Scandinavia, Germany and the North Atlantic. This concept is virtually unexplored for Scandinavian Scotland, despite being equally applicable to this area. By bringing this innovative research framework combined with archaeological and geophysical fieldwork to Scotland, this project will generate new data on maritime culture and enable important study of this geographic area from a whole new perspective.The project will build on three main strands of research: existing research on the Norse settlement of Scandinavian Scotland, smaller research initiatives focusing on maritime Scotland, as well as research on maritime cultural landscape from Germany, Scandinavia and the wider North Atlantic. The research will be carried out through three work packages. The first one encompasses a PhD project entitled Norse harbours in the west of Scotland for which a number of Norse landing places in Scotland will be identified and examined through geophysical survey and targeted excavation. In the second work package The Norse in the North and West of Scotland: settlements and the sea - the toponymic evidence, a PDRA and project partners will examine place-names to provide insight into maritime travel and harbours in Scandinavian Scotland. Data will also be drawn from oral traditions through study of local folklore and interviews with local people, as such traditions are still strong in rural Scotland. In the third work package Travel and communication in Scandinavian Scotland and the wider North Atlantic an overarching view of the maritime cultural landscape as well as travel and communication will be created through detailed analysis of Norse archaeological remains and landscape study. All in all, the project will provide a whole new view of Scandinavian Scotland. The project results will be presented at workshops and conferences as well as a range of publications and a website.