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

北欧与海洋：斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰的海洋文化景观 (NaS)

• 批准号: AH/W010763/1
• 负责人: ALEXANDRA Sanmark
• 金额: $ 36.22万
• 依托单位: University of the Highlands and Islands
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW010763%2F1
• 关键词: Norse; Sea; Maritime; Cultural; Landscape

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.

该项目将利用考古、书面和地名证据，通过跨学科方法调查斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰（约公元 790-1350 年）的海洋文化景观，并解决挪威苏格兰连通性和通信的首要问题。 “海洋文化景观”一词最初由挪威考古学家克里斯特·韦斯特达尔创造，表示“陆地和水下海洋文化遗迹的统一”。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半岛、德国和北大西洋。尽管这个概念同样适用于该地区，但在斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰实际上尚未探索过。通过将这一创新研究框架与考古和地球物理实地考察相结合，该项目将生成有关海洋文化的新数据，并从全新的角度对该地理区域进行重要研究。该项目将建立在三个主要研究基础上：现有的对斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰的挪威人定居点的研究，专注于苏格兰海洋的小型研究计划，以及对德国、斯堪的纳维亚半岛和更广泛的北大西洋海洋文化景观的研究。该研究将通过三个工作包进行。第一个包括一个名为“苏格兰西部的挪威港口”的博士项目，该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地点。在第二个工作包“苏格兰北部和西部的挪威人：定居点和海洋 - 地名证据”中，PDRA 和项目合作伙伴将检查地名，以深入了解苏格兰斯堪的纳维亚地区的海上旅行和港口。数据还将通过研究当地民间传说和采访当地人从口头传统中获取，因为此类传统在苏格兰农村仍然很盛行。在第三个工作包“斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰和更广泛的北大西洋的旅行和通讯”中，将通过对挪威考古遗迹和景观研究的详细分析，创建海洋文化景观以及旅行和通讯的总体视图。总而言之，该项目将为斯堪的纳维亚苏格兰提供全新的视角。项目成果将在研讨会和会议以及一系列出版物和网站上公布。