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Gefjon– arkæologiske studier og rapport vol. 8, 2023
Merged and scattered-two new burials with Roman imports from Southeast Zealand In Southeast Zeala... more Merged and scattered-two new burials with Roman imports from Southeast Zealand In Southeast Zealand, two newly found burials dating from the Late Roman Iron Age contained imported Roman bronze vessels. Enthusiasts spending some spare time walking the fields on the lookout for archaeological artefacts retrieved both finds, and subsequently both find spots were professionally excavated in order to add some context to the finds. One find was almost destroyed by agricultural machines, but most likely, it was the remnants of an inhumation comprising at least a bronze bucket of the Hemmoor-type. The second find was an urn grave scarred by ploughing but still containing some burned bones, remnants of scorched and bend bronze vessels and probably lance head of iron as well as melted pieces of glass and silver. The burials are more or less of the same age around the 2nd to 3rd century AD and they were found with only 10 km between them. Nevertheless, they rested in two rather different topographic locations, and they obviously represent two different ways of treating a corpse and the adjoining equipment. The inhumation can seamlessly join close to 100 burials with Roman imports in the East and Central Zealand, while the urn grave is one of only of seven cremations on the island containing imported Roman objects.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2024
Tree-ring chronologies around the Northern Hemisphere have revealed the formation of extremely na... more Tree-ring chronologies around the Northern Hemisphere have revealed the formation of extremely narrow growth rings during the mid-sixth century due to drastic climate changes caused by two or more large volcanic
eruptions in AD 536 and AD 539/540. We explored the influence of these climate changes on tree-ring growth and felling activity of Danish oak trees (Quercus sp.) between AD 300 and AD 800. In total, 654 wooden samples
from archaeological excavations were used to create a solid tree-ring chronology on a national and regional level (eastern and western Denmark). Tree-ring data from The International Tree-Ring Data Bank were used for comparison of growth patterns. Furthermore, felling dates from all samples were pooled into ten-year intervals to
reveal changes in felling activity over time; a factor which reflects human activity in relation to climate changes.
The national tree-ring chronology revealed a pronounced decrease in growth in AD 536 and AD 539 (33% and 53% growth reduction relative to the level of AD 535). Regionally, the same results were found for western
Denmark, while trees from eastern Denmark showed the largest growth reduction in AD 540. Furthermore, treering chronologies from four sample sites did not show a conspicuous growth decrease. This regional and local
variation may be due to differences in soil characteristics between eastern and western Denmark and/or local differences in climate change impacts. Other tree-ring chronologies from the Northern Hemisphere showed
growth reduction in AD 536 and the years between AD 539 and AD 543 indicating regional differences in growth and climate conditions as well.
A gradual decrease in felling activity was found from AD 430 and between AD 470 and AD 550 it was almost absent. The low amount
dendrochronological material from the fifth century very likely affected our results and no effect of climate changes on felling activity i.e. changes in human activity could be linked to this event.
Oxbow Books, Sep 15, 2024
Danish Journal of Archaeology
During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron ... more During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron Age and Viking Age was found. The find material at the site was large and varied, providing proof of contacts with other places in the southern Baltic Sea area. This includes a significant number of sherds looking like Early Slavic Sukow pottery, which suggests contacts between Slavs in Mecklenburg and the Scandinavian population in the Early Viking Age. It is difficult to distinguish between Sukow Ware and contemporary South Scandinavian pottery in terms of shape and fabric, but the relatively large portion of rim sherds looking like the Slavic pottery type in the ceramic assemblage from Vester Egesborg posed the question of whether Sukow Ware has been imported to the site. ICP-MA/ES analyses of a sample of ceramic sherds suggest the existence of a network including the regions of Scania, Holstein and Schleswig. Evidence for the production of Sukow Ware at Vester Egesborg or in southern...
Arkæologisk Forum, 2023
In 2022, the Centre for Viking Age Studies was established at Museum Southeast Denmark. The focus... more In 2022, the Centre for Viking Age Studies was established at Museum Southeast Denmark. The focus is the Viking Age proper, but the perspective is 'the Long Viking Age' including the time span of the Norse mythology present at least from the 5th century and vital until the 11th century AD, thus being the religious and ideological root for the lives of most of the people in Scandinavia for a good deal of the 1st Millennium AD. The aim of the Centre for Viking Age Studies is to scrutinize this long-term perspective and publish research articles and books, but it is almost as important to invite both scholars and lay people to discuss all kinds of aspects of 'the Long Viking Age'.
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2023
During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron ... more During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron Age and Viking Age was found. The find material at the site was large and varied, providing proof of contacts with other places in the southern Baltic Sea area. This includes a significant number of sherds looking like Early Slavic Sukow pottery, which suggests contacts between Slavs in Mecklenburg and the Scandinavian population in the Early Viking Age. It is difficult to distinguish between Sukow Ware and contemporary South Scandinavian pottery in terms of shape and fabric, but the relatively large portion of rim sherds looking like the Slavic pottery type in the ceramic assemblage from Vester Egesborg posed the question of whether Sukow Ware has been imported to the site. ICP-MA/ES analyses of a sample of ceramic sherds suggest the existence of a network including the regions of Scania, Holstein and Schleswig. Evidence for the production of Sukow Ware at Vester Egesborg or in southern Zealand cannot be provided unambiguously.
Offa. Berichte und Mitteilungen zur Urgeschichte, Frühgeschichte und Mittelalterarchäologi, 2018
Fremmed indflydelse i vikingetid og tidlig middelalde
Gefjon– arkæologiske studier og rapport vol. 8, 2023
Merged and scattered-two new burials with Roman imports from Southeast Zealand In Southeast Zeala... more Merged and scattered-two new burials with Roman imports from Southeast Zealand In Southeast Zealand, two newly found burials dating from the Late Roman Iron Age contained imported Roman bronze vessels. Enthusiasts spending some spare time walking the fields on the lookout for archaeological artefacts retrieved both finds, and subsequently both find spots were professionally excavated in order to add some context to the finds. One find was almost destroyed by agricultural machines, but most likely, it was the remnants of an inhumation comprising at least a bronze bucket of the Hemmoor-type. The second find was an urn grave scarred by ploughing but still containing some burned bones, remnants of scorched and bend bronze vessels and probably lance head of iron as well as melted pieces of glass and silver. The burials are more or less of the same age around the 2nd to 3rd century AD and they were found with only 10 km between them. Nevertheless, they rested in two rather different topographic locations, and they obviously represent two different ways of treating a corpse and the adjoining equipment. The inhumation can seamlessly join close to 100 burials with Roman imports in the East and Central Zealand, while the urn grave is one of only of seven cremations on the island containing imported Roman objects.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2024
Tree-ring chronologies around the Northern Hemisphere have revealed the formation of extremely na... more Tree-ring chronologies around the Northern Hemisphere have revealed the formation of extremely narrow growth rings during the mid-sixth century due to drastic climate changes caused by two or more large volcanic
eruptions in AD 536 and AD 539/540. We explored the influence of these climate changes on tree-ring growth and felling activity of Danish oak trees (Quercus sp.) between AD 300 and AD 800. In total, 654 wooden samples
from archaeological excavations were used to create a solid tree-ring chronology on a national and regional level (eastern and western Denmark). Tree-ring data from The International Tree-Ring Data Bank were used for comparison of growth patterns. Furthermore, felling dates from all samples were pooled into ten-year intervals to
reveal changes in felling activity over time; a factor which reflects human activity in relation to climate changes.
The national tree-ring chronology revealed a pronounced decrease in growth in AD 536 and AD 539 (33% and 53% growth reduction relative to the level of AD 535). Regionally, the same results were found for western
Denmark, while trees from eastern Denmark showed the largest growth reduction in AD 540. Furthermore, treering chronologies from four sample sites did not show a conspicuous growth decrease. This regional and local
variation may be due to differences in soil characteristics between eastern and western Denmark and/or local differences in climate change impacts. Other tree-ring chronologies from the Northern Hemisphere showed
growth reduction in AD 536 and the years between AD 539 and AD 543 indicating regional differences in growth and climate conditions as well.
A gradual decrease in felling activity was found from AD 430 and between AD 470 and AD 550 it was almost absent. The low amount
dendrochronological material from the fifth century very likely affected our results and no effect of climate changes on felling activity i.e. changes in human activity could be linked to this event.
Oxbow Books, Sep 15, 2024
Danish Journal of Archaeology
During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron ... more During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron Age and Viking Age was found. The find material at the site was large and varied, providing proof of contacts with other places in the southern Baltic Sea area. This includes a significant number of sherds looking like Early Slavic Sukow pottery, which suggests contacts between Slavs in Mecklenburg and the Scandinavian population in the Early Viking Age. It is difficult to distinguish between Sukow Ware and contemporary South Scandinavian pottery in terms of shape and fabric, but the relatively large portion of rim sherds looking like the Slavic pottery type in the ceramic assemblage from Vester Egesborg posed the question of whether Sukow Ware has been imported to the site. ICP-MA/ES analyses of a sample of ceramic sherds suggest the existence of a network including the regions of Scania, Holstein and Schleswig. Evidence for the production of Sukow Ware at Vester Egesborg or in southern...
Arkæologisk Forum, 2023
In 2022, the Centre for Viking Age Studies was established at Museum Southeast Denmark. The focus... more In 2022, the Centre for Viking Age Studies was established at Museum Southeast Denmark. The focus is the Viking Age proper, but the perspective is 'the Long Viking Age' including the time span of the Norse mythology present at least from the 5th century and vital until the 11th century AD, thus being the religious and ideological root for the lives of most of the people in Scandinavia for a good deal of the 1st Millennium AD. The aim of the Centre for Viking Age Studies is to scrutinize this long-term perspective and publish research articles and books, but it is almost as important to invite both scholars and lay people to discuss all kinds of aspects of 'the Long Viking Age'.
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2023
During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron ... more During archaeological excavations at Vester Egesborg, a landing site from the Late Germanic Iron Age and Viking Age was found. The find material at the site was large and varied, providing proof of contacts with other places in the southern Baltic Sea area. This includes a significant number of sherds looking like Early Slavic Sukow pottery, which suggests contacts between Slavs in Mecklenburg and the Scandinavian population in the Early Viking Age. It is difficult to distinguish between Sukow Ware and contemporary South Scandinavian pottery in terms of shape and fabric, but the relatively large portion of rim sherds looking like the Slavic pottery type in the ceramic assemblage from Vester Egesborg posed the question of whether Sukow Ware has been imported to the site. ICP-MA/ES analyses of a sample of ceramic sherds suggest the existence of a network including the regions of Scania, Holstein and Schleswig. Evidence for the production of Sukow Ware at Vester Egesborg or in southern Zealand cannot be provided unambiguously.
Offa. Berichte und Mitteilungen zur Urgeschichte, Frühgeschichte und Mittelalterarchäologi, 2018
Fremmed indflydelse i vikingetid og tidlig middelalde
Gefjon - Arkæologiske studier og rapporter, nr. 9, 2024
Gefjon - Arkæologiske studier og rapporter, nr. 8, 2023
Gefjon - Arkæologiske Studier og Rapporter, 2021
Gefjon-Arkaeologiske studier og rapporter er et tidsskrift for arkaeologiske emner. Vi publicerer... more Gefjon-Arkaeologiske studier og rapporter er et tidsskrift for arkaeologiske emner. Vi publicerer bidrag fra hele Danmark, og som omhandler alt fra de aeldste perioder til i dag. Bidragene kan vaere egentlige videnskabelige studier af arkaeologiske problemstillinger såvel som rapporter, som i en mere foreløbig form behandler for eksempel enkeltstående lokaliteter, individuelle genstande, genstandsgrupper og projekter under udvikling. Både studier og rapporter bliver fagfaellebedømt efter gaeldende praksis. Derudover modtager vi også gerne kommentarer og replikker uden for det fagfaellebedømte felt.
Ditten og datten og bla-bla-bla. Et festskrift udgivet i anledning af Keld Møller Hansens 60 års fødselsdag den 7. august 2021, 2021
Dette materiale er ophavsretsligt beskyttet og må ikke videregives Forord Med denne bog fejrer vi... more Dette materiale er ophavsretsligt beskyttet og må ikke videregives Forord Med denne bog fejrer vi ikke alene, at Keld Møller Hansen, direktør for Museum Sydøstdanmark, fylder 60 den 7. august 2021. Vi fejrer også, at Museum Sydøstdanmark siden fusionen i 2013 har vokset sig til en spaendende og alsidig virksomhed, der favner kulturarv i alle dens nuancer. Bogen er en samling af kortere og laengere artikler skrevet af venner, kolleger og ansa e, og tilsammen giver de en god indføring i det faglige miljø, der er oparbejdet på museet, og den person, der har vaeret arkitekten bag, siden de første spaede tanker opstod for 10 år siden. Keld er født og opvokset i Grenå. I 1981 y ede han til hovedstaden for at blive magister i arkaeologi. Den første faste stilling k han året e er sin eksamen i 1991 på det lille Sydsjaellands Museum i Gåsetårnets skygge i Vordingborg. Inspektørstillingen her blev i 2003 udski et med ledertitlen. Og here er gik det slag i slag. Keld troede fra starten af sin ledelseskarriere på, at større museale enheder ville kunne løse kulturarvsopgaverne bedre. Så i 2007 fusionerede Sydsjaellands Museum med Møns Museum og blev til Museerne Vordingborg. I 2013 stod han i spidsen for den store fusion mellem Museerne Vordingborg, Naestved Museum og Køge Museum, der tilsammen udgør Museum Sydøstdanmark. De forenede krae er gjorde det muligt at lave store projekter. I 2014 kunne Danmarks Borgcenter slå dørene op for publikum. I 2015 åbnede det revitaliserede Køge Museum og i 2016 åbnede a raktionen Vikingeborgen ved Borgring udenfor Lellinge. Og senest, i 2020, åbnede den nye a raktion, Holmegaard Vaerk, i Holmegaard Glasvaerks gamle bygninger. Som leder har Keld to store talenter: en evne til at se poten
36th Interdisciplinary Viking Symposium, pp. 60-68. Odense City Museums & University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018
After Borgring was established as a geometrical ring fortress, by geophysical survey and trial ex... more After Borgring was established as a geometrical ring fortress, by geophysical survey and trial excavation, a research project was launched covering three excavation campaigns from 2016 to 2018. This article introduces the archaeological research project and the preliminary results from the first year of excavation.
Christensen, Jonas, Nanna Holm, Maja K. Schultz, Søren Michael Sindbæk, and Jens Ulriksen. "The Borgring Project 2016-2018." In 36th Interdisciplinary Viking Symposium, pp. 60-68. Odense City Museums & University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018.
