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Speaker:Jacob Nyborg Andreassen, archaeologist/curator at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde and SoCA Trustee. Date/time: 18.30 (CET) on 4 April, 2024 Description: In 1962, five Viking Age ships were...Apr 19, 2023 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology 2
On June 15th, Dr. Andreas Hansen (Head Physician and SoCA trustee) will be giving an online lecture on ‘the physiology of combat’. The lecture will explore what happens inside the mind and body...Nov 22, 2020 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Research, Uncategorized 0
The wreck of Danish king John’s (or Hans’) flagship, GRIBSHUNDEN, which sank in 1495, was the focus of an underwater archaeological survey carried out on the wreck site earlier this week. The...Oct 09, 2020 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Research, Uncategorized 2
In a careful interdisciplinary study of rare shields finds, published today in English in the peer-reviewed journal, Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission, we are finally able to reveal the...Oct 05, 2020 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Research, Uncategorized 0
Background In the summer of 1495, King John I of Denmark set out on an important diplomatic mission aboard his flagship, GRIBSHUNDEN (English= “Griffin-Hound”), or the GRIFFIN, as she is also...Aug 26, 2018 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0
Introductory Note: For the past few weeks, Rolf Warming (Society for Combat Archaeology) has been working closely with the 3D scanning team from Rigsters with the aim of producing highly detailed...Aug 10, 2018 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month 2
Introductory Note: For the past few weeks, Rolf Warming (Society for Combat Archaeology) has been working closely with the 3D scanning team from Rigsters with the aim of producing highly detailed...Jul 24, 2018 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0
Introductory Note: For the past few weeks, Rolf Warming (Society for Combat Archaeology) has been working closely with the 3D scanning team from Rigsters with the aim of producing highly detailed...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...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...