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Bradford Vikings and the marauding hordes in Orkney

Jane Outram, in Viking dress, waiting for the arrival of 600 visitors Don’t be deceived by the tranquil appearance of the Bradford Vikings activity at the Orkney International Science Festival….

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Bradford Vikings voyage from Akureyri to Jorvik

Both the academic and the public engagement aspects of the project have been busy recently with the North Atlantic Biocultural Organisation (NABO) meeting in Iceland and the Festival of British…

Monday, August 5th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Slicing through time with Bradford Vikings

Research progress continues apace, with one eye on the clock as the project enters its last few months. The focus recently has been on how to present and interpret the…

Thursday, June 27th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Bradford Vikings in Theory and Practice

As discussed in the last post, one of the main activities this month has been contributing to the Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group conference.  This was followed by a rather more…

Monday, May 20th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Bradford Vikings contemplate walruses with the help of an 18th century cleric

After the hectic rush of activities last month, the last couple of weeks have been spent in rather more measured contemplation of Viking Age dates. Whilst there are lots of…

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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On expedition with Bradford Vikings

A hectic February has seen Bradford Vikings venturing away from the computer and off to York, Edinburgh and Saltaire, to discuss Vikings with audiences of all ages and levels of…

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Trade and (academic) exchange with the Bradford Vikings

Recent project work has been a heady mix of data entry and shopping. Never a dull moment in academic research! Having established a database where data both goes in and…

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 in Uncategorized

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Access all areas with the Bradford Vikings

Here’s the latest update from the Bradford Vikings project, where I have been filling databases, dining out at the Ragnarök Café and preparing for the Jorvik Viking Festival. It was…

Thursday, December 20th, 2012 in Uncategorized

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Setting sail with the Bradford Vikings

The Bradford Vikings project is well underway now and so I thought I would give you an idea of some aspects of the dating research and the outreach work. I…

Monday, November 19th, 2012 in Uncategorized

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Launching the Bradford Vikings

Hello and welcome to the first blog post for the ‘Viking Chronologies’ project. I’m Dr Cathy Batt, an archaeological scientist working at the University of Bradford and this is my…

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 in Uncategorized

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