Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway
Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway. An Integrated Technical and Archaeological Investigation provides a metallographic analysis of 21 Viking Age swords found in the county Telemark in southeastern Norway. The book is the result of a collaboration between archaeologist Irmelin Martens and chemis...
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| author | Martens, Irmelin Astrup, Eva Elisabeth Loftsgarden, Kjetil Vike, Vegard |
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| description | Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway. An Integrated Technical and Archaeological Investigation provides a metallographic analysis of 21 Viking Age swords found in the county Telemark in southeastern Norway. The book is the result of a collaboration between archaeologist Irmelin Martens and chemist Eva Elisabeth Astrup.
220 swords have been found in Telemark, and they are a mix of domestic Norwegian and imported European types. The difficulties in determining which ones were made in Norway are complicated by and closely connected to the specific skills Norwegian blacksmiths had mastered with respect to both blade construction and inlay decoration.
The metallographic investigations revealed five construction types for sword blades, of which four, requiring different technical levels of smithing, may well have been mastered by Norwegian blacksmiths at that time. Combined with x-ray radiographic studies, the metallographic investigations indicate that new techniques were indeed introduced and disseminated among weaponsmiths during the Viking Age.
The findings are also probably representative for the combined total of more than 3000 swords found in all areas of the country. The majority are domestic types, and their great number obviously reflects the organization of sword production and influenced blacksmiths’ social standing. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-773072025-07-30T11:56:20Z Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway Martens, Irmelin Astrup, Eva Elisabeth Loftsgarden, Kjetil Vike, Vegard Viking Age, swords, Telemark, Scandinavia, archaeology, metallography, metalworking thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500 Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway. An Integrated Technical and Archaeological Investigation provides a metallographic analysis of 21 Viking Age swords found in the county Telemark in southeastern Norway. The book is the result of a collaboration between archaeologist Irmelin Martens and chemist Eva Elisabeth Astrup. 220 swords have been found in Telemark, and they are a mix of domestic Norwegian and imported European types. The difficulties in determining which ones were made in Norway are complicated by and closely connected to the specific skills Norwegian blacksmiths had mastered with respect to both blade construction and inlay decoration. The metallographic investigations revealed five construction types for sword blades, of which four, requiring different technical levels of smithing, may well have been mastered by Norwegian blacksmiths at that time. Combined with x-ray radiographic studies, the metallographic investigations indicate that new techniques were indeed introduced and disseminated among weaponsmiths during the Viking Age. The findings are also probably representative for the combined total of more than 3000 swords found in all areas of the country. The majority are domestic types, and their great number obviously reflects the organization of sword production and influenced blacksmiths’ social standing. 2022-01-14T04:00:17Z 2022-01-14T04:00:17Z 2022-01-13T11:27:14Z 2021 book OCN: 1325809237 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52389 9788202742775 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77307 eng Norske Oldfunn open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52389/1/Viking_Age_swords_PDF.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52389/1/Viking_Age_swords_PDF.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52389/1/Viking_Age_swords_PDF.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/52389/1/Viking_Age_swords_PDF.pdf Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 10.23865/noasp.145 10.23865/noasp.145 9266f8a8-a49e-4697-9bd1-69645f9037c2 9788202742775 151 Oslo open access |
| spellingShingle | Viking Age, swords, Telemark, Scandinavia, archaeology, metallography, metalworking thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500 Martens, Irmelin Astrup, Eva Elisabeth Loftsgarden, Kjetil Vike, Vegard Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway |
| title | Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway |
| title_full | Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway |
| title_fullStr | Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway |
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| title_short | Viking Age Swords from Telemark, Norway |
| title_sort | viking age swords from telemark norway |
| topic | Viking Age, swords, Telemark, Scandinavia, archaeology, metallography, metalworking thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / region thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
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