A new research paper, Diaspora and identity in the Viking Age, published in the Early Medieval Europe journal by Lesley Abrams looks into the terminology and evidence for a ‘diaspora’ amongst the Vikings in the early medieval period. There are a number of issues involved: Is diaspora an appropriate term – is it friendlier than colonialism [...]

I blogged about the fantastic Pase Domesday project yesterday, which is an online reference tool to access data about people and places from the Domesday Book. What I should have mentioned as well is what seems to not be available from Pase Domesday, which is all the detail of what customs and fees are owed [...]

A very cool animation of Stonehenge site from Wessex Archaeology: A Virtual Stonehenge Landscape from Wessex Archaeology on Vimeo.