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Eric W. Norenberg
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Posted: Wed 27 Aug, 2014 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Very cool |
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Craig Johnson wrote: | Roman Knife from new find linked above. |
Craig, thank you for posting this picture- I've long admired the grip form of this family of knives but I'm not in love with the more often seen banana shaped blade. This would be a fun one to replicate!
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Craig Johnson
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Sat 13 Sep, 2014 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Roger Hooper wrote: | This small silver figurine was found in Denmark last December. She is being called a Valkyrie by most, though at least one person says she is a Shieldmaiden. Note the sword and shield. It is dated to around 800.
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Danish archaeology has been blessed with 3 three-dimensional figures from the viking age found in the last 5 years, whereas for the whole of Scandinavia only two had been recorded beforehand.
Eyrarland (Thor) Statue from Iceland: 6,4 cm and found in 1815/16
Source :http://nordic-aputsiaq.blogspot.dk/2013/07/vintage-thor-plate-from-iceland.html
Frey figure from Rällinge Sweden: Found 1904.
Source: http://chesterfieldpagans.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/frey.jpg
Odin figure (some have speculated it is Freya because of the female like clothes, but as a Seid-master sending out his memory and mind in the form of two ravens it is a vanir magical skill he learned from Freya, it could still mean it is Odin though maybe you have to be dress femine to do it - in Lokesenna Loke accuses Odin of doing seidr-magic as a female on the Danish Island on Samsø). It's found in 2009 at Lejre and is only 1,8 cm.
Source: http://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/skaeg-og-hat-afslorer-odin
Then you have shown the valkyrie found in 2013 at Haarby.
In 2014 a possible Freya figure was found at Revninge: It's 4,5 cm.
Source: http://www.historie-online.dk/nyt/oestfyn-revningekvinde.htm
Video: http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2014/05/28/130823.htm
Lets hope the luck continues. Most images of gods were probably made of wood and have disappeared except for some larger bronze age/iron age ones from bogs, like this well-equipped man from Broddenbjerg Mose from the 500 BC found near Viborg, Denmark in 1880:
Source: http://www.tollundman.dk/guder.asp
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Sat 13 Sep, 2014 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Also Danish archaeologists have discovered an entire new viking ringfort in Western Sjælland at Køge.
They were probably created by King Harald Bluetooth and are distributed through the country:
Aggersborg (the biggest) in northern Jutland, north of the Limfjord.
Fyrkat in northern Jutland, south of the Limfjord.
Nonnebakken on Fyn.
Trelleborg on western part of Sjælland.
Newly found fort at Køge in eastern part of Sjælland.
Trelleborg in southwest part of Skåne.
Borgerby in central-western part of Skåne.
Possibly a ringfort in Østfold Norway as well.
These would all cover the dominion of Harald Bluetooth and the reason why he wouldn't need a ringfort in central and southern Jutland would be that he is from the Jelling dynasty and these were his core lands.
Trelleborg had shown some signs of combat with arrows (19 found) being shot into the fort and totally new rapports signal that this new fort seems to have the gates burned!!
So maybe the Sjælland forts were attacked by Harald Bluetooth's son Svend Forkbeard supported by people from Sjælland that had chosen him as king instead.
Source to the new ringfort find: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archi...g-fortress
Also the Trelleborg (Sjælland) 2008 find of a 80cm viking age shield has been conserved:
Source: http://www.historie-online.dk/nyt/moesmus_skjoldvises.htm
So this could have seen actual fighting in or around the ringfort?!
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Roger Hooper
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Craig Johnson
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Pieter B.
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Jared Smith
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Posted: Thu 05 Mar, 2015 3:46 pm Post subject: "A Celtic tomb found on the outskirts of Lavau in Franc |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31747159
An interesting find! It looks like a fairly large site. Hopefully more with be forthcoming.
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Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence!
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Fri 06 Mar, 2015 2:48 pm Post subject: Wow! |
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Thank you Pieter and Jared
Had not run across this as yet. To dang busy of late. Looking forward to seeing the bronze sword from this one should be something special!
Craig
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Tue 12 May, 2015 8:48 am Post subject: Iron Age Shield and Sword |
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This sounds like a very interesting find in Pocklinton. Does anyone have pictures of the items yet?
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Matt Corbin
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Posted: Wed 13 May, 2015 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Captain Kidd's treasure finally found?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32621444
“This was the age of heroes, some legendary, some historical . . . the misty borderland of history where fact and legend mingle.”
- R. Ewart Oakeshott
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Roger Hooper
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Wed 13 May, 2015 9:51 pm Post subject: Frustrating Reporting |
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Norman Knight Grave?
Hereford Cathedral Dig
Quote: | the remains of a man who may have been a Norman knight. Scientists from Durham University found injuries to his legs consistent with a jousting accident. |
Here is an example of some of the frustration I feel with reporting on archeology these days. One obviously would not get this kind of an idea as a reporter unless its mentioned. But one wonders what the specifics of such an injury to bone would be that would lead to an assumption of a jousting injury to the lower body?
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Craig
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Pieter B.
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Posted: Thu 14 May, 2015 3:24 am Post subject: Re: Frustrating Reporting |
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Craig Johnson wrote: | Norman Knight Grave?
Hereford Cathedral Dig
Quote: | the remains of a man who may have been a Norman knight. Scientists from Durham University found injuries to his legs consistent with a jousting accident. |
Here is an example of some of the frustration I feel with reporting on archeology these days. One obviously would not get this kind of an idea as a reporter unless its mentioned. But one wonders what the specifics of such an injury to bone would be that would lead to an assumption of a jousting injury to the lower body?
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Craig |
Maybe they found the man with a lance firmly lodged in his femur
But yeah I see your frustration.
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Fri 15 May, 2015 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Frustrating Reporting |
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Pieter B. wrote: |
Maybe they found the man with a lance firmly lodged in his femur
But yeah I see your frustration. |
That would be an exceptional and interesting find if so One would hope the supposition that it was such an injury has that kind of evidence behind it. Sadly I have seen in the past where a "guess" by someone at the dig sight can really lead folks astray in understanding evidence from the past.
I have been very lucky to have walked the boundaries around Archeology, Material Sciences, Forensics, Historical Research and Craft and seen the deep insight cross disciplinary research can provide. But it can be a difficult area when folks try to get to specific to fast in areas that are beyond their usual skill set.
I hope in this case it will be something we can study and learn from when we discover why they are thinking this is an injury from jousting.
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Craig
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Pieter B.
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Posted: Fri 15 May, 2015 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Frustrating Reporting |
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Craig Johnson wrote: | Pieter B. wrote: |
Maybe they found the man with a lance firmly lodged in his femur
But yeah I see your frustration. |
That would be an exceptional and interesting find if so One would hope the supposition that it was such an injury has that kind of evidence behind it. Sadly I have seen in the past where a "guess" by someone at the dig sight can really lead folks astray in understanding evidence from the past.
I have been very lucky to have walked the boundaries around Archeology, Material Sciences, Forensics, Historical Research and Craft and seen the deep insight cross disciplinary research can provide. But it can be a difficult area when folks try to get to specific to fast in areas that are beyond their usual skill set.
I hope in this case it will be something we can study and learn from when we discover why they are thinking this is an injury from jousting.
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Craig |
My guess would be that they found busted ankles or knees. But those type of injuries could also have been caused by other horse related activities such as riding or real battle.
I hope they publish something soon.
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Craig Johnson
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Posted: Sat 16 May, 2015 8:56 pm Post subject: Viking Grave with a twist |
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This is quite interesting. I love when the details of the past survive to tell us how it was.
Viking Grave
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Niels Just Rasmussen
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Posted: Mon 01 Jun, 2015 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Just to bring this find to light.
A Crucible-Steel sword (!) found at Yaroslavl in Russia very probably from the sack of the town in 1238, where Mongol General Borondai/Buruldai - serving under Batu Khan - slaughtered the entire population.
The sword is bend, so it is probably most likely a ritualistic way for the conquerers to slay the enemy weapon (as it was previously done by Germanic people in Europe).
So is this really a sword? It seems quite thick (though it can be single edged and we see the weapon from the thicker side)?
Source: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archi...aeologists
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John Hardy
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Posted: Mon 01 Jun, 2015 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Niels Just Rasmussen wrote: | Just to bring this find to light.
A Crucible-Steel sword (!) found at Yaroslavl in Russia very probably from the sack of the town in 1238, where Mongol General Borondai/Buruldai - serving under Batu Khan - slaughtered the entire population.
The sword is bend, so it is probably most likely a ritualistic way for the conquerers to slay the enemy weapon (as it was previously done by Germanic people in Europe).
So is this really a sword? It seems quite thick (though it can be single edged and we see the weapon from the thicker side)?
Source: http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archi...aeologists |
Maybe the sword was the town's ceremonial "bearing sword" or "sword of state". This would explain both an unusually thick and heavy blade that would make the sword unwieldy as a weapon AND the treatment it was given -- destroying the town's symbol of government, much like tossing the Parliamentary Mace on the fire....
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