Table of Contents

The facial analysis of the Lewis chess pieces Caroline Wilkinson/
The Lewis chessmen: what can examination of the surfaces
tell us? Jim Tate, Ina Reiche and Flavia Pinzari /
The Lewis `berserkers': identification and analogy in the shieldbiting
warriors Neil Price/
Open moves: introducing dynastic women and state propaganda
to the chess board Emma Black/
The Kingdom of the Isles David H Caldwell/
The Manx sea kings, the Isle of Lewis and the gaming pieces:
is there a Manx context for the Lewis chessmen? R Andrew McDonald/
Navigating the nomenclature: the validity of Gaelic Tairbeart as
evidence for pre-Norse survival in Lewis and the west of Scotland
Alan Macniven/
The Norwegian Empire: fact or fantasy? Alex Woolf /
Walrus hunting and the ivory trade in the North Atlantic Elizabeth Pierce /
The sea world of the chessmen Colin Martin/
The Lewis chessmen: the Icelandic theory Gudmundur G THorarinsson/
`To you he left ... his brown ivory chessmen': cultural value
in the Lewis hoard of gaming pieces Mark A Hall/
Old West Norse chess terminology and the introduction of
chess into Scandinavia Robert Nedoma/
Early medieval chess in Scandinavia - an introduction Guro Koksvik Lund/
Avatars and identity: movement and gesture in a virtual world
Heather Pulliam/
Game boards and gaming pieces in Old Norse-Icelandic fiction
Matthias Teichert /
A Romanesque walrus ivory bishop in New York Charles T Little/
Index/
Index of sagas and other sources/
Index of Lewis chess pieces by reference number/
A list of the Lewis hoard

About the Author

David Caldwell was formerly keeper of Scotland in Europe for National Museums Scotland. He was the lead author in NMS Enterprises The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked, published in 2010 and reprinted five times.

Reviews

' ... overall a valuable contribution to the study of this extraordinary hoard of medieval gaming pieces and demonstrates how wide-ranging the questions are that such a find raises and how varied the methodologies must be in order to tackle these.' The Society for Medieval Archaeology; ' ... a very well-edited presentation of the Chessmen and their material, artistic and historical context.' Medieval Histories; 'This is an impressively comprehensive and often surprising insight into the significance of these iconic artefacts.' Current Archaeology