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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...

XV Nordic TAG 2015 CALL FOR PAPERS

Jan 13, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 1

The XV Nordic TAG 2015 conference will be held on the 16-18th April in Copenhagen. We hereby invite speakers to send abstracts (max. 200 words) for the following session which will be...

A Comment Regarding the Handedness of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Swords

Dec 23, 2014 Antti Ijäs All Posts, Combat Archaeology 2

A Comment Regarding the Handedness of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Swords by Antti Ijäs The study of historical combat arts is comprised of archaeology, philology and practical experimentation. All of...

Impressions from the Medieval Messer Techniques Seminar

Dec 12, 2014 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combative Arts, Gallery, Uncategorized 0

Here are a few photos from the Medieval messer seminar held on 6th December 2014 by our collaboration partner, Weapons Combat Systems (WCS). WCS is an effective martial arts system focusing on...

Artefact of the Month: The Dane Axe

Dec 05, 2014 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Uncategorized 2

Artefact of the Month: The Dane Axe by Rolf Fabricius Warming Our December artefact is the Viking broadaxe or the Dane axe. Appearing in the second half of the 10th century, the Dane axe is amongst...

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