A ritual site with sacrificial wells from the Viking Age at Trelleborg, Denmark

The promontory facing Storebælt with the well-known circular Viking Age military fortress of Trelleborg erected by Harold Bluetooth in AD 980/981 seems to have been an important ceremonial space prior to the erection of the fortress and contemporary with a nearby high status settlement dated to the...

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Main Authors: Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Charlotte Primeau, Karin Margarita Frei, Lars Jørgensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Board of DJA 2014-11-01
Series:Danish Journal of Archaeology
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/124928