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...

Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations

Jul 01, 2015 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Uncategorized 9

  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....