‘The coldest case of all’
During excavations of the Viking-age ring fortress Borgring, Denmark, traces of a devastating fire was uncovered. The National Forensic Services of the Danish Police were invited to participate in a novel collaboration, applying contemporary forensic fire investigation to an archaeological site. Th...
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| author | Eva Ljungkvist Benny Thomsen Søren Michael Sindbæk Jonas Christensen Nanna Holm Maja Kildetoft Schultz Jens Ulriksen |
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During excavations of the Viking-age ring fortress Borgring, Denmark, traces of a devastating fire was uncovered. The National Forensic Services of the Danish Police were invited to participate in a novel collaboration, applying contemporary forensic fire investigation to an archaeological site. This paper presents the results and sets a benchmark for future applications. The investigation leads to a revised reconstruction of the fortress and the development of the fire. The application of fire investigation methods, following the Daubert standard criteria, enhance the documentation and analysis of archaeological sites, while archaeological methods show significant potential at modern fire scenes.
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| spelling | doaj.art-35fa36bdbcb44e5e9005d109ff80abde2023-11-18T01:03:16ZengEditorial Board of DJADanish Journal of Archaeology2166-22902022-01-011010.7146/dja.v10i0.121916‘The coldest case of all’Eva Ljungkvist0Benny Thomsen1Søren Michael Sindbæk2Jonas Christensen3Nanna Holm4Maja Kildetoft Schultz5Jens Ulriksen6National Forensic Services (NKC), Danish National PoliceNational Forensic Services (NKC), Danish National PoliceAarhus UniversityMuseum Southeast DenmarkMuseum Southeast DenmarkMuseum Southeast DenmarkMuseum Southeast Denmark During excavations of the Viking-age ring fortress Borgring, Denmark, traces of a devastating fire was uncovered. The National Forensic Services of the Danish Police were invited to participate in a novel collaboration, applying contemporary forensic fire investigation to an archaeological site. This paper presents the results and sets a benchmark for future applications. The investigation leads to a revised reconstruction of the fortress and the development of the fire. The application of fire investigation methods, following the Daubert standard criteria, enhance the documentation and analysis of archaeological sites, while archaeological methods show significant potential at modern fire scenes. https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/121916Fire investigationDaubert standardViking Agering fortressinterdisciplinary research |
| spellingShingle | Eva Ljungkvist Benny Thomsen Søren Michael Sindbæk Jonas Christensen Nanna Holm Maja Kildetoft Schultz Jens Ulriksen ‘The coldest case of all’ Danish Journal of Archaeology Fire investigation Daubert standard Viking Age ring fortress interdisciplinary research |
| title | ‘The coldest case of all’ |
| title_full | ‘The coldest case of all’ |
| title_fullStr | ‘The coldest case of all’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘The coldest case of all’ |
| title_short | ‘The coldest case of all’ |
| title_sort | the coldest case of all |
| topic | Fire investigation Daubert standard Viking Age ring fortress interdisciplinary research |
| url | https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/121916 |
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