In 2015, we were honoured with the task of assisting in the salvaging of the figurehead of the Gribshunden, Danish King John I’s warship which sank off the coast of Ronneby in...
Original single-edged sword from the Viking Age (SHM 27001). Photo: courtesy of Tord Bergelin. Introduction In December 2016, our friend and collaboration partner, blacksmith Tord Bergelin from...
We are pleased to announce that we have a new Combat Archaeology member, Dean Davidson, and are thereby expanding our organization to the United Kingdom! Over the years, our members have been in...
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...
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...
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....
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 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...
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...
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...
