VIKING GLASSWORKING : THE EVIDENCE FROM YORK.
Author(s): Justine Bayley
York is one of the major cities of northern England; it has been occupied to a greater or lesser extent since its foundation by the Romans in the first century A.D. Recent excavations in the city carried out by the York Archaeological Trust at 16-22 Coppergate have produced deep deposits of Viking date and,among the finds from the site, there was abundant evidence for a whole range of manufacturing industries including glassworking (Hall 1984, Bayley 1983). This is an exciting discovery as not much is known of where glass was made at this period; there is little comparable material from the rest of England and not a lot more from Continental Europe. Other sites of similar date which have produced evidence for glassworking are discussed in the report.
- Report Number:
- 4866
- Series:
- AML Reports (Old Series)
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Glass
