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Getaryggen – a Battlefield from the Nordic Seven Years’ War (1563-1570).

Dec 21, 2015 Claes Pettersson All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0

A Report from the Research Project Getaryggen 1567. In late autumn 1567, a Danish army led by the excellent commander Daniel Rantzau (fig. 1) advanced north from the border towards the Swedish...

New Member of Combat Archaeology: Claes B. Pettersson

Dec 01, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology 0

We would like to officially welcome a new member to Combat Archaeology, Claes B. Pettersson! His bio can be found below and in the members section. Combat Archaeology has been in frequent contact...

Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations

Jul 01, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Uncategorized 9

Introduction Within the sheltered waters of Ronneby archipelago near the island of Stora Ekön, southeastern Sweden, lies the remains of a rather disjointed but well-preserved wooden wreck....

New Member of Combat Archaeology: Thit Birk Petersen

Jun 04, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0

We would like to officially welcome a new member to Combat Archaeology, Thit Birk Petersen! Her bio can be found below and in the members section. Thit has recently written a small article on the...

The Case of Refshaleborg Castle

May 26, 2015 Thit Birk Petersen All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Uncategorized 0

The islands of Lolland and Falster in southeastern Denmark are often considered rather uneventful areas which are seldom host to any major happening. This, however, was not always the case. These two...

Wetlands of War: The Case for Amphibious Warfare in Prehistory

Apr 29, 2015 Eric Rodriguez All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 1

Introduction In recent decades, landscape archaeology has redefined wetlands, not simply as boundaries, but as dynamic areas that both housed and influenced the daily experiences of their...

Artefact of the Month: The Mail Chausses of Mølledalen, Buskerud

Mar 25, 2015 Dan True All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month 0

This month’s artefact are the fragments of a pair of mail chausses (leggings) brought into Oldsaksamlingen in Oslo in the 1800s (figs. 1 and 2). The chausses were brought in together with...

The Neolithic Genocide at Asparn-Schletz

Feb 28, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Uncategorized 4

The change from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to the agrarian life was nothing more than a defining moment in history. To most, it is when people “began to settle down”. Regardless...

Nordic TAG 2015 Paper Abstracts: Conflict Archaeology and the Practice Approach

Feb 21, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology 0

We are happy to announce that there has been shown a great interest in our session at Nordic TAG 2015! We received a multitude of emails regarding the session and are flattered by the many...

The Rørby Swords

Jan 26, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month 2

A peculiar class of swords emerge in the earliest periods of the Danish Bronze Age, namely the curved sword. The specimens from Rørby Mose, western Zealand, are amongst some of the most impressive...

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