#AWOOO!! We just got our 100th individual Backer to our crowdfunder for #VikingAge #Dogs and #Horses - you are all incredible and special thanks to you all! The crowdfunder is open until 10pm (Irish time) 31st August 2023. The Backer's naming rights for dogs/horse going fast!
https://www.vikingdublindogs.ie/category/all-products

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J Callmer: "Ture J:son Arne och vikingatiden i Östeuropa. Delar av ett forskarliv i 1900-talets Europa." (Ture J:son Arne and the Viking Period in Eastern Europe) [Swe/Eng sum]
https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-7340
#Archaeology #History #Ukraine #VikingAge

#AWOOOO Thanks to Con Traas @theapplefarmer and The Apple Farm we have another two dogs’ radiocarbon dates sponsored! Con and his family owned business can follow along with their processing and results. Fantastic! Many thanks to Con again! 🍎 🍏 🐕 🐕 his apple juice is gorgeous & he has camping sites too, which my brother used and they were delighted. Based near Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland https://www.theapplefarm.com/ #dogs #vikingage #medieval #zooarchaeology #archaeology

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Jens Heimdahl: "Vad var laukr?" [Eng sum: What was laukr?]
The context of laukr (‘leek’/’onion’) in #VikingAge sagas and #runic inscriptions, implies that this plant was central as a symbol and tool in #IronAge magic.
#Paleobotany #Archaeology
https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-7354
Pictured: Charred onion-like bulbs of tuber oat-grass, from a Viking Age burial at Sylta outside Köping, Sweden
A charred onion bulb (Allium sp.) 6th century CE, from the ring fort Sandbyborg on Öland, Sweden

Spoiler alert: I intend to start blogging about #EastNorse language history. Not only #VikingAge or #runic or Medieval #OldDanish and #OldSwedish, but also older #ProtoNordic and digressions into modern dialects, #Elfdalian and Fenno-Swedish. Hang on and boost if you think your followers are interested.

I’ve finished writing the home exam in my Viking Age university course. Four pages of thoroughly researched pages took longer than I’d hoped. I have six more days to hand it in though, so I might wait a bit and look at it again in a day or two.

#VikingAge #history #archaeology

Today’s excursion ended at Jarlabanke’s bridge in Täby north of Stockholm. Here we find two runestones erected by Jarlabanke after himself, and a road lined with erected stones. Two other runestones have been moved to the churches in Danderyd and Fresta.

Jarlabanke’s family, starting with his grandmother, has erected 19 runestones that we know of today. Jarlabanke has erected as many as six stones after himself, more than anyone else. The bridge was built in the 1050’s.

#runestone #VikingAge

Here’s another runestone I visited in Sigtuna today. It’s U 393, and it’s erected by Ofeg in memory of his sisters. It is made of granite and has carvings on two sides, but the band on one side does not have any runes. It stands on the rune path near U 392. Källström has attributed the stone to the carver Visäte. The ornamentation is in the styles Pr 2 and Pr 3.

It reads: “Ófeigr had this stone raised in memory of his two sisters Tóra(?) and Hróðvé.”

#runestone #VikingAge

This inscription on a boulder on the “rune path” in Sigtuna is called U 392. The style of the inscription is “Rak”, and it’s dated to 980-1015.

It reads: “Sveinn had these runes carved … the second was called …, the third Ǫzurr, the fourth Geirmundr … was their mother.”

#runestone #VikingAge

This is U 337, a runic carving on a boulder in Granby north of Stockholm. It’s one of the largest in Uppland. It has a complicated ornamentation in the Urnes style. The inscription mentions several people, some of whom are mentioned on other nearby runestones.

Since it’s flat on the ground it’s very exposed to the environment and gets overgrown with lichen and algae. It was almost impossible to see the inscription.

#runestones #VikingAge

Some pictures of Nordian’s mound in Åshusby to the north of Stockholm. Nearby is a gravefield with lots of small burial mounds, completely overgrown with trees. This is the third largest mound in Sweden, only the Anundshög and old Uppsala mounds are bigger.

#VikingAge #history

This is the runestone U Nf 56 by the Saint Lars church ruin in Sigtuna. It’s raised by Anund after himself. It’s one of the self-raised runestones. It was found in 1956 in the north side if the city park. It was part of the wall foundation of the Saint Lars church.

The inscription translated into English reads: “Anund had this stone erected after himself during his lifetime.”

#runestone #VikingAge #history

This is Rösaring. A procession road leading up to a viking age mound, possible bronze age cairns and a stone labyrinth. The road is about half a kilometer long and used to be lined by large wooden poles.

#archaeology #history #VikingAge

Our Issue 1 of 2023 is out! Available to subscribers or at libraries. Articles on #Mesolithic flint blade technology, writing tools from #VikingAge #Birka, and a powerful #Medieval family Uppland. Also #Sami sites, symbolic #IronAge art etc.
#Archaeology
Contents here:
https://www.vitterhetsakademien.se/publikationer/fornvannen/fornvannen/2023-04-03-fornvannen-2023-1.html
Will be Open Access Sep 30.

Been making this Viking age needle case today. This one is copied from an example from Cnip on Lewis. I have to be careful what I put as these images and videos are being banned on some platforms! #viking #vikingage #vikings #earlymedieval #bonework #crafts #archaeology #archaeologicalfinds #archaeodon

Kotaku: Vinland Saga Season 2’s Farming Arc Is Planting Seeds For A Phenomenal Payoff https://kotaku.com/vinland-saga-season-2-anime-mappa-netflix-crunchyroll-1849985803 #gaming #tech #kotaku #norsecolonizationofnorthamerica #simpleapiforgridapplications #humaninterest #vinlandsaga #environment #norsepeople #law2ccrime #vikingage #vinland #sagas

Finishing these early medieval combs off over Christmas! #vikingage #archaeology #experimentalarchaeology #archaeodon #histodon #antlercraft #craft

The water in this creek is deep red because of the iron ore in the ground. Though the Vikings are known for their use of iron, they never mined for it. Instead, they extracted iron out of the ground, looking for signs like the color of the water in this creek. @histodons @medievodons @archaeodons #histodons #histodon #vikings #VikingAge #iron

Even though the Viking Age and the time periods that preceded it happened during a period of warming of the climate, this photo of the recreated chieftain's hall at Borg, Norway, gives you an idea what life could be like for Viking Age Scandinavians who lived around the Arctic circle. The photo was taken in January 2019.

Photo credit: Uppåkra on Facebook.

@histodons @histodon @medievodons #histodons #histodon #medieval #middleages #viking #vikingage #Norway #Lofoten

OK, I'm back on Mastodon and I'm looking for people to follow who are working on #EarlyMedieval #VikingAge Scotland - any recommendations? (Other EM geographic focuses also welcome!)