Arts & Sciences
The Ravenstead household is dedicated to studying the arts and sciences of
the Norse culture during the “Viking Era” (700-1066 AD) and re-enacting
the lifestyle of that era in our encampments.
Listed here are both outside links to useful A&S resources and links
to our own information. More links and info will appear as we gather
it together, so keep checking back! Links to pages belonging to Ravenstead
are in bold. If you have suggestions for links, send them to the
Ravenstead
email address.
Photo gallery
of some Ravenstead A&S projects!
Clothing
Your Camp
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general
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The
MedievalEncampment
email list at YahooGroups. Not specifically Viking, but there's
a lot of useful information being passed through the list, and the message
archive is open to all. "Known World Medieval Encampment Guild--SCA
mailing list for those interested in tents, wood-working, furniture research
and construction, camp cooking, and any other aspects of reenactment camping."
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Viking
York (Jorvik): Domestic
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Pavilion
etiquette
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tent
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Viking Tent Frame, design and construction
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A
Viking A-Frame Style Pavillion, by Mistress Kathryn of Iveragh
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Old
Norse Tents, by Master Gerekr
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Dimensions
of wooden frames of surviving Viking tents with a standardized tent,
by Andrea Willett.
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A-Frame
and Wedge Tents Photo Gallery
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More
A-Frame pics
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Another
A-Frame pic page
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A small, easy A-frame for you to make!
(The Infamous Revlon Viking Tent)
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Rialto messages regarding making your own tents, Stefan's
Florilegium
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Rialto messages regarding painting tents, Stefan's
Florilegium
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Painting
Your Tent, part 1 (methods),
part
2 (examples),
part
3 (more examples), Dragonwing
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Stenciling
techniques
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Structures,
Dwellings, and Tents message index, Stefan's Florilegium
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9th Century documentation for geteld wedge tents
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A "tent house" in the Osberg find
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Carved tent pole tops, examples and
suggestions
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A
Quick and Easy Day Shade
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Not period nor Norse, but so very neat that they cannot be left out: portable
housing
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furniture
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light, water, other essential items
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banners
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games
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home and camp building
Crafts
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clothing and adornment related
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misc
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cloth
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naalbinding
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sprang - "Sprang is an intricate form of plaiting which is made with threads
which are stretched in tension and secured at both ends. Sometimes called
twined plaiting, it is a technique in which the lengthways threads are twisted
in such a way that a net-like textile is produced." (Regia)
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embroidery
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spinning
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loom weaving
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tablet weaving
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sewing
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modern methods
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period methods
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other
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make up - yes, Viking women wore make up!
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hairstyles
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footwear
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jewelry and accessories
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cooking
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ceramics
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leather
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bone and antler
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wood
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metal (also see "jewelry")
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glass
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bead making
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SCA-beadmaker
email list (many, many resources and URLs listed at the YahooGroups bookmarks
area for the list)
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glass blowing
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not glass, but rock crystal:
Viking
lenses
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stone
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firemaking
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music and storytelling
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The
Viking Lyre-Harp
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Music
in the Viking Age, Viking Network
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Vikings
and their Music, by Mogens Friis
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Viking
Music in Island, by Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson
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Drømte
mig en drøm (I Dreamed a Dream), published by the Danish
historical magazine SKALK
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The
Saxon Lyre: History, Construction, and Playing Techniques, by Dofinn-Hallr
Morrisson and Thora Sharptooth
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The
traditional Swedish medieval nyckelharpa
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Northside music - while not all the music on their sampler CDs (which are
very reasonably priced!) is "traditional" and isn't in period, it's still
a very good way to get your ear accustomed to Scandinavian music... which,
if you've not heard it before, probably doesn't sound like you'll expect.
Sampler CDs highly recommended!
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Digelius music - a
lot of very good Scandinavian music, both traditional and modern.
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minting and currency
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Vikings
in Norway make their own Coins, The Viking Network
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From Cows
to Coins: The Changing Face of Scandinavian Currency
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Silver penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson, British Museum
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Silver penny of Eric Bloodaxe, British Museum
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Silver penny of Cnut (Canute), British Museum
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Silver penny of Sven Estridsen, British Museum
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Base silver penny of Olaf III, 'the Peaceful', British
Museum
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Cuerdale hoard, British Museum
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Goldsborough hoard, British Museum
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The
recently found hoards from Spillings farm on Gotland, Sweden - Frojel
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armoring & combat
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tattooing
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runes (there are so many Viking-related rune sites on the net... this catagory
will be well-filled, we assure you...)
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animal husbandry
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finding their way
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ships and boats
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models and figure making
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model Oseberg ships:
Amati,
Billing Boats
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Various "viking
model" sets, from Educational Resource Service in the UK. Models
including ships, helm, shield, longhouse, jewelry, pottery, etc. These
sets are for renting, rather than owning. Useful for teachers.
General information
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miscellaneous
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Norse re-enactment groups
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museums
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York Archaeological
Trust
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Jorvik
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The
Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, where the Oseberg and Gokstad ships are displayed
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Birka - Viking
town, central place and trade center, founded in mid 8th c. AD.
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Sigtuna
Museums
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The
Documentation Project
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Slöinge
Settlement - A chieftain site from 375-1000 AD.
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Museum of Archaeology,
Stavanger. Viking period and early Middle Ages.
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The
Guild of the Hjortspring Boat
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Avaldsnes project. Avaldsnes has a continuous
settlement for 10,000 years, represented with archaeological finds. In Norwegian.
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Thorisá-barrow
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East
Iceland Heritage Museum archaeological excavation in
Seyðisfjörður
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Reconstruction of Iceland Sod Church, approx 1000 AD
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List
of photodocumentation, includs a Viking longhouse reconstruction
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Gall-Ghaidheil:
The Western Isles in the Viking World
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Rushen
Abbey, Isle of Man
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Museum of London Archaeology
Service (MoLAS), contains details of the museum's service and summaries
of sites excavated in the London area.
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Fotevikens
Museum - with re-enactment.
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other archaeology
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World
of the Vikings CD-Rom. Here's the scoop... they no longer make
the CD. They only make it in laserdisk. If there is anybody out
there reading this who has the CD, please
contact
Hjordis (it would be greatly appreciated).
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Medieval Scandinavia
- excellent site!
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Fröjel artifacts, Viking. Huge number of photos!!
gallery
1,
gallery
2,
gallery
3,
gallery
4,
gallery
5,
gallery
6. A great site.
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Trelleborg
- Danish Viking Fortress
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The Sutton Hoo Society
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Sutton
Hoo: Burial-Ground of the Wuffings
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Gorm
the Old Goes Home, Archaeology Magazine
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Sinking
Viking Ship? Archaeology Magazine
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Viking
Ship in Russian Waters, Archaeology Magazine
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The
Sigurd Runestone, Ramsundsberget, Jäder, Södermanland, Sweden
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Archaeological
Research Laboratory, Stolkholm University. Some pages in English.
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Viking
Society for Northern Research, London
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Centre
for the Study of Viking Age, Nottingham
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The Pagan Lady - Peel Castle, Isle of Man
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Viking
Crosses Photo Gallery, Isle of Man. Many crosses featuring the
saga of Sigurd.
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Descriptions
of Archaeological Sites in the Isle of Man, includes Viking finds.
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Was
Kaupang Norway´s first town? - article in Apollon, Research Magazine
from the University of Oslo
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Department
of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University
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The
urbanisation process in Central Norrland during the Viking
Period (800-1100 AD) and Early Medieval Period (1100-1350 AD).
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Department
of Archaeology & Sami Studies, Umeå University. Mostly
in Swedish.
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Icelandic
archaeology: excavations and research (English summary) - presentations
of various excavations of mainly Viking Age and Early Medieval settlements
in Iceland, by a commercial unit. Mostly in Icelandic.
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Canadian
vikings, Don C. Barnett
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ægishjálmr
symbol, the Viking Answer Lady
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"skraeling"
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magazines, publications
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Archaeology
Magazine
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British
Archaeology
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Current
Archaeology
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Journal of Danish Archaeology (published in English)
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Current
Swedish Archaeology (published in English)
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Journal
of Nordic Archaeological Science
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Fennoscandia
Archaeologica, publication of the Archaeological Society of Finland
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Nordic Archaeological Abstracts
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Skalk
(published in Danish)
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Viking
Heritage Magazine
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Download
newsletter 1 1996
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articles include: 1) agricultural development and early ubanisation in the
light of environmental changes in Curonia 600-1200 AD, 2) the historical
links between West Russian and Scandinavia, 3) certain historical facts on
the routes o fhte Vikings on the Belarussian territory, and 4) various other
news snippets.
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Download
newsletter 2 1997
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articles include: 1) a silver-hoard found on Gotland, 2) Uppakra -
a political and religious centre in the county of Scania, southernmost part
of Sweden, 3) the Ladby Ship - a Danish ship grave from the Viking period,
4) new light on Scandinavian farmsteads in the Viking kingdom of York, 5)
Sebbersund - a Viking town in northern Jutland, Denmark, 6) the saga of the
Brimingham Vikings, 7) Anundshog - the largest burial mound in Sweden, and
8) a visit to the Troitsky excavation in Novgorod.
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Download
newsletter 3 1998
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articles include: 1) the last Viking in Iceland, 2) Islendinga - Australian
re-enactors, 3) new museum in Old Uppsala, 4) the Vikings in the Iberian
Peninsula - questions to ponder 5) the excavations of a chieftain's manor
in Sloinge, 6) a new treasury at Gotlands Fornsal, 7) Viking period cemeteries
at Fidenas, Gotland, 8) where was Leif Eiriksson's vinland, and 9) various
news tidbits.
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Download
newsletter 4 1998
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articles include: 1) Embla - a Viking ship reconstructed, 2) brief
presentation of a thesis on a Viking presence in France from the 9th to the
11th century, 3) the giant's graves - a 19th century discovery of human remains
on the UK island of Lundy, 4) archaeology in Aalborg, 5) Froject Gotlandic
Viking re-enactment society, and 6) various other news tidbits.
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Download
newsletter 5 1998
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articles include: 1) Embla - a Viking ship reconstructed (continued),
2) the defense of Birka - this year's excavation at the garrison, 3) Slavs
and Vikings at Gross Stromkendorf, 4) male dress in Finland during the Viking
age, 5) rolled silver, 6) Nordmannia re-enactment society, 7) two strange
artefacts from Frojel Viking Age harbour, and and 8) various news tidbits.
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Download
newsletter 6 1999
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articles include: 1) Novgorod Kremlin: the earliest history through
archaeological evidence, 2) Norse music and instruments, 3) some thoughts
concerning a key type from the Viking Age, and 4) blowing new life into old
technology - Viking Age metal-casting.
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York
Archaeological Trust Publications Catalogue
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online reading
Out of period or otherwise sorta related, but interesting...
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The Ravenstead household is dedicated to studying the arts and sciences
of the Norse culture during the “Viking Era” (700-1066 AD) and
re-enacting the lifestyle of that era in our encampments.
