Excavation findings at a Norwegian Viking town reveal evolving economic exchanges through coins, hacksilver, ingots, and standardized weights. Shifting trade practices and increasing silver use illustrate how innovative commercial methods reshaped Viking society and integrated Scandinavia with medieval European markets.

The Viking Age was a period of great economic complexity and experimentation in Scandinavia. Based on a symposium held in Aarhus, Denmark in 2008, this book provides a structured basis for comparison, combining regional overviews with case-studies of significant sites or hoards of Scandinavia.