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The lost landscape of Borgring
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2022 Geoarchaeological investigations at Borgring, a recently identified Danish Viking Age ring fortress, reconstructs the original landscape showing how the site was expanded and modified to accommodate a structure of pre-defined size and how this large ...
Catherine Jessen +3 more
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The Vikings, victims of their own success?
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2015 The Viking age as a time of adventures and violence never ceases to fascinate the public. Both aspects remain central to the definitions of the period which can be found in recent introductions to the topic.
Sarah Croix
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Religion in the Viking Age Moral Economy
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : On those rare occasions when Old Norse religion and morality are set alongside one another, the notion of a non-Christian morality is typically dismissed or Old Norse religion is viewed as actively holding back moral progress.
Declan Taggart
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A quest for the atgeir: the unknown Viking weapon in Icelandic sagas and archaeological data
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2019 Today we know much about the culture of the Viking Age, but there are still gaps to fill. One of them is what the legendary weapon called atgeirr in Icelandic sagas really was. Nowadays researchers prefer to view atgeir as a kind of spear.
Shtyryakova Yulia
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The Mask(S) and Transformers of Historical Re-Enactment: Material Culture and Contemporary Vikings
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2013 The paper discusses the role of material culture for his- torical re-enactors of the Viking Age. Three issues are analysed: (a) the clothing and accessories worn by a typical contemporary warrior, craftsman and woman of the Viking times and the range of
Dawid Kobiałka
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Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2020 This study explores the underlying reasons behind the construction and topographical location of the Viking Age ring fortress, Borgring and the impact it had on the society on a regional scale.
Jens Molter Ulriksen +2 more
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Scanning Parametric Sediment Echosounder as Tool for Underwater Archaeological Prospection
Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Underwater cultural heritage 3D prospection techniques, especially for remains that are partly buried in the ground, are only very rarely available and often can only be applied with considerable technical effort. To overcome this limitation, we evaluate a methodological adaption of widely used and available single channel parametric sediment ...
Dennis Wilken +5 more
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Aristokrater, kvinner, kunnskap og makt – Vik fra romertid til vikingtid
Viking, 2018 Aristocrats, women, knowledge and power – Vik from the Roman Age to the Viking Age This paper is inspired by local interest in the relationship between the two farms Hove and Hopperstad in the settlement of Vik on the Sognefjord in Western Norway, from ...
Liv Helga Dommasnes
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The early evolutionary history of modern domestic horses (Equus caballus/Equus ferus caballus), known as the DOM2 lineage, is well documented due to numerous archaeological and ancient DNA (aDNA) studies. Although many uncertainties remain in the domestication timeline, current evidence suggests that the domestication of modern horses began in
Johanna Honka +14 more
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Obesity, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Incretin‐based obesity therapies (IBTs), especially GLP‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs), effectively treat obesity and improve comorbidities. However, their impact on energy metabolism is unclear. A recent case of acute generalized muscle weakness in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy after tirzepatide exposure raises concerns ...
Bryn Falahee +2 more
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