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The Schwarzburg Armoury (2): The Main-Gauche Dagger (Oss 2825)

Feb 26, 2018 Konrad Kessler All Posts, Combat Archaeology 0

Introductory note: In May 2018 – almost 100 years after the abdication of the last prince of the house of Schwarzburg – the Schwarzburger Zeughaus, the armoury of the Schwarzburg castle, is to...

Was Linen or Textile Used for Viking Shields? New Perspectives on Round Shield Constructions

Feb 20, 2018 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology 0

Textile, or at least linen, is commonly used in modern reconstructions of Viking Age round shields to cover the surface of the shield for better structural strength. However, while there is...

The Schwarzburg Armoury (1): The Großmesser (Oss 307)

Jan 12, 2018 Konrad Kessler All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Uncategorized 0

Introductory note: In May 2018 – almost 100 years after the abdication of the last prince of the house of Schwarzburg – the Schwarzburger Zeughaus, the armoury of the Schwarzburg castle, is to be...

New SoCA Member: Xenia Pauli Jensen, PhD

Sep 13, 2017 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology 0

We are absolutely delighted to officially welcome Xenia Pauli Jensen (Senior Researcher, PhD) as a new member to the Society for Combat Archaeology (SoCA). A short biographic text can be found below...

New Project!

Aug 27, 2017 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology 0

This week we launched a new exciting project on the use of hide in Iron Age shield constructions. The study is an interdisciplinary project undertaken in collaboration with conservator-restorers...

New SoCA Member: Stuart Ivinson

May 11, 2017 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Combative Arts 0

We are pleased to officially welcome a new member to the Society of Combat Archaeology (SoCA), Stuart Ivinson! Our members have been in frequent correspondence with Stuart and have...

Get involved with the Society for Combat Archaeology

Mar 15, 2017 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Combative Arts 0

The Society for Combat Archaeology sees itself as an interdisciplinary platform for sharing research and updates on subjects relating to combat/conflict/battlefield archaeology. We are therefore...

Traces of colour discovered on the figurehead of Gribshunden (1495)

Feb 21, 2017 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 1

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...

A Single-Edged Sword from the Viking Age

Dec 28, 2016 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0

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...

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...

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