Iona project shortlisted for the Current Archaeology Project of the Year award
Published: 12 February 2022
Winners of the Current Archaeology Awards will be announced on 25 February as part of the virtual Current Archaeology Live! 2022
Iona in the Viking Age: laying a ‘zombie narrative’ to rest
Congratulations to Adrián Maldonado, Ewan Campbell, Thomas Owen Clancy, and Katherine Forsyth on being nominated for the Current Archaeology Awards
The traditional story of Iona’s early medieval monastery ends in tragedy and bloodshed, with the religious community wiped out by vicious Viking raiders. Increasingly, though, the archaeological and historical evidence does not support this persistent narrative, as Adrián Maldonado, Ewan Campbell, Thomas Owen Clancy, and Katherine Forsyth report.
Read all about it on https://archaeology.co.uk/awards/research-project-of-the-year-2022.htm
First published: 12 February 2022
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