Between Sutton Hoo and Oseberg

New dendrochronological dates from Western Norway prompt an old question to be posed in a new way. They show that two ship burials on the island of Karmøy date from AD 780 and 790, that is, the very beginning of the Viking Age, and are therefore the very earliest known ship graves – with one except...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Niels Bonde, Frans-Arne Stylegar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Board of DJA 2016-11-01
Series:Danish Journal of Archaeology
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/dja/article/view/124843