Age of Wolf and Wind provides a new introduction to the Viking Age that capitalizes on recent
archaeological discoveries and breakthroughs in the application of analytical techniques from
the natural sciences. Author Davide Zori an interdisciplinary archaeologist with fieldwork
experience across the Viking world delves into key questions of the Viking Age such as the
motivations of Scandinavians to board open wooden ships to raid England and cross the North
Atlantic in search of new worlds beyond Europe. Each chapter offers new conclusions about the
Vikings--their views on death their raiding tactics their laving feasts their forging of
powerful medieval states--by juxtaposing evidence from written texts archaeology and new
scientific analyses.
