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Online lecture: The Five Ships from Skuldelev – a look at 11th century Scandinavian shipbuilding and warfare

Mar 06, 2024 Rolf Warming All Posts 0

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...

Online Lecture: ‘The Physiology of Combat’

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...

The Loss of the King’s flagship GRIBSHUNDEN (1495): An Unknown Historical Source Surfaces

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...

NEW STUDY RELEASED: Shields and Hide

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...

Notes on the Guns and Gun Carriages Aboard GRIBSHUNDEN (1495)

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...

Arms and Armour in 3D (3): Danish Longsword, type XVIIIe

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...

$Arms and Armour in 3D (2): Bucklers$

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Tag Archive: archaeology, combat, combat archaeology, Denmark, early middle ages, fleet, longship, maritime, medieval, navy, roskilde, sailing, ships, skuldelev, Viking, viking age, weapons

Online lecture: The Five Ships from Skuldelev – a look at 11th century Scandinavian shipbuilding and warfare

Online Lecture: ‘The Physiology of Combat’

The Loss of the King’s flagship GRIBSHUNDEN (1495): An Unknown Historical Source Surfaces

NEW STUDY RELEASED: Shields and Hide

Notes on the Guns and Gun Carriages Aboard GRIBSHUNDEN (1495)

Arms and Armour in 3D (3): Danish Longsword, type XVIIIe

Arms and Armour in 3D (2): Bucklers

Arms and Armour in 3D (1): The Ballock Dagger

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

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

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