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Artefact of the Month: The Mail Chausses of Mølledalen, Buskerud

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...
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Artefact of the Month: The Dane Axe

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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