Table of contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Why Viking-Age hoards and why this book? 1.2 Setting the scene: Vikings, Viking Age, Baltic zone and silver economies 2 Gotland: The silver island 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Hoards in Gotland 2.3 Spatial analysis of hoard distribution 2.4 Context 2.5 Regression analysis 2.

6 Hoarding and land ownership 2.7 Reasons for (non-)retrieval of silver 3 Pomerania: Slavs and war perpetual 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Hoards in Pomerania 3.3 Spatial analysis of hoard distribution 3.4 Context 3.5 Regression analysis 3.6 Reasons for (non-)retrieval of silver 4 Svealand: A mainland kingdom 4.

1 Introduction 4.2 Hoards in Svealand 4.3 Spatial analysis of hoard distribution 4.4 Context 4.5 Regression analysis 4.6 Reasons for (non-)retrieval of silver 5 Composition and patterns of hoard deposition from a chronological perspective 5.1 Composition 5.2 Temporal changes in patterns of deposition 5.

3 Reasons for hoarding from a chronological perspective 5.4 Silver hoards before and after the Viking Age 6 Synthesis and conclusions 6.1 Inflow of silver 6.2 Why were hoards deposited and (not) retrieved 6.3 Coin hoards in the context of stray finds and non-coin deposits 6.4 The end of the journey but not the road: conclusions Appendix A - Scope, Datasets and Methodology A1 Chronology and scope A2 Datasets A2.1 Gotland and Svealand A2.2 Pomerania A2.

3 Common datasets A2.4 Roman denarii hoards and hoards with tpq 1051-1150 A3 Methodology A3.1 Clustering and kernel density A3.2 Distances A3.3 Weight calculations and bootstrapping A3.4 Regression analysis A3.5 Boxplots A3.6 Stronghold territories in Pomerania (only) Appendix B - Concise catalogue of silver hoards c.

800-1050 Glossary References /P> 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Hoards in Svealand 4.3 Spatial analysis of hoard distribution 4.4 Context 4.5 Regression analysis 4.6 Reasons for (non-)retrieval of silver 5 Composition and patterns of hoard deposition from a chronological perspective 5.1 Composition 5.

2 Temporal changes in patterns of deposition 5.3 Reasons for hoarding from a chronological perspective 5.4 Silver hoards before and after the Viking Age 6 Synthesis and conclusions 6.1 Inflow of silver 6.2 Why were hoards deposited and (not) retrieved 6.3 Coin hoards in the context of stray finds and non-coin deposits 6.4 The end of the journey but not the road: conclusions Appendix A - Scope, Datasets and Methodology A1 Chronology and scope A2 Datasets A2.1 Gotland and Svealand A2.

2 Pomerania A2.3 Common datasets A2.4 Roman denarii hoards and hoards with tpq 1051-1150 A3 Methodology A3.1 Clustering and kernel density A3.2 Distances A3.3 Weight calculations and bootstrapping A3.4 Regression analysis A3.5 Boxplots A3.

6 Stronghold territories in Pomerania (only) Appendix B - Concise catalogue of silver hoards c. 800-1050 Glossary References A1 Chronology and scope A2 Datasets A2.1 Gotland and Svealand A2.2 Pomerania A2.3 Common datasets A2.4 Roman denarii hoards and hoards with tpq 1051-1150 A3 Methodology A3.1 Clustering and kernel density A3.2 Distances A3.

3 Weight calculations and bootstrapping A3.4 Regression analysis A3.5 Boxplots A3.6 Stronghold territories in Pomerania (only) Appendix B - Concise catalogue of silver hoards c. 800-1050 Glossary References.