ABSTRACT
While there is still much to be discerned about viking camps in general, research about English and Irish camps far surmounts that in other areas of the viking world. Concretely, there is little that is known about the existence of temporary habitation structures in more southern areas of viking contact, including in areas of continued, impactful presence such as Iberian territories. In this chapter, the author contributes to the understanding of camps and temporary settlement in under-explored regions by proposing ways to evaluate the presence of vikings in camps in Iberia. More concretely, the chapter focuses on the regions of Seville (al-Andalus) and Galicia. In order to contribute to what little we know about viking camps in Iberia, the author collects a selection of documentary mentions of camps in these two areas of the Iberian Peninsula, and analyses these mentions for patterns indicative of location, usage, and morphology of the encampments. While there is currently no archaeological evidence for such a type of structure in either location, the author also ponders if such evidence is worth looking for in light of the existing evidence in other kinds of sources.
