Hjortspring Boat
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| − | Earliest N. European vessel found. Remarkable features: double horns at bow and stern, similar to Scandinavian rock art images. Keel plank a hollowed log, upper strakes joined laced lapstrake. Thwarts for rowers. Built around 350 BC (established by relative dating/ comparison of weapons styles associates and C14 2 samples:370 &390 BC) in the Baltic region, used likely for raiding, then sacrificed (?) in a bog on the island of Als, Denmark | + | Earliest N. European vessel found. Remarkable features: double horns at bow and stern, similar to Scandinavian rock art images. Keel plank a hollowed log, upper strakes joined laced lapstrake. Thwarts for rowers. Built around 350 BC (established by relative dating/ comparison of weapons styles associates and C14 2 samples:370 & 390 BC) in the Baltic region, used likely for raiding, then sacrificed (?) in a bog on the island of Als, Denmark. |
| − | Sources | + | Discovered (in fragments)1880-1889 by peat cutters. 1915 museum official Jens Raben hears of it. Excavated 1921-22 by Gustav Rosenberg. Reassembly by Fr.Johannesen. Exhibited at National Museum in Copenhagen 1921-mid 60s. Re-conserved replacing alum with PEG 400 1960s-80s. Reconstructions attempted beginning 1971. 1986 reexcavated bog area, found. 2 new wood samples for C14 dating. 1986 New exhibition built. 1995-1999 seaworthy replica Tilia Alsie built. |
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Crumlin-Pedersen, O. and A. L. Trakadas, Hjortspring: A Pre-Roman Iron-Age Warship in Context. Ships and Boats of the North, Volume 5. Roskilde, The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. 2003. | Crumlin-Pedersen, O. and A. L. Trakadas, Hjortspring: A Pre-Roman Iron-Age Warship in Context. Ships and Boats of the North, Volume 5. Roskilde, The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. 2003. | ||
| − | Randsborg, K. Warfare & Sacrifice in Early Europe Aarhaus university press, Cambridge U. Press, DK/UK 1995. | + | |
| − | Kaul, F. Da våbnene ta. Hjortspringfundetog dets baggrund. Copenhagen National Museum of Denmmark/Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1988. | + | Ferger, N.P., and H. Lumbye-Hanswen. 2000. "Reconstruction of the Hjortspring Boat - Theoretical Performance and Initial Test Results." In ''Down the River to the Sea'', edited by J. Litwin, 103-10. ''ISBSA VIII'', ''Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology'', Gdańsk 1997. Gdańsk: Polish Maritime Museum. |
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| + | Jorgensen, A. N. Maritime Warfare in Northern Europe: Technology, organization, logistics and administration 500 BC - 1500 AD. Studies in Archaeology and History. Copenhagen, The National Museum. Papers from an International Research Seminar at the Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, 3-5 May 2000. | ||
| + | Randsborg, K. Warfare & Sacrifice in Early Europe Aarhaus university press, Cambridge U. Press, DK/UK 1995. | ||
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| + | Kaul, F. Da våbnene ta. Hjortspringfundetog dets baggrund. Copenhagen National Museum of Denmmark/Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1988. | ||
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McGrail, S. Ancient Boats in N.W. Europe. Longman Group UK, New York, 1987. | McGrail, S. Ancient Boats in N.W. Europe. Longman Group UK, New York, 1987. | ||
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Randsborg, K. (1995). Hjortspring: Warfare & Sacrifice in Early Europe | Randsborg, K. (1995). Hjortspring: Warfare & Sacrifice in Early Europe | ||
| − | Jensen, J. The Hjortspring Boat Reconstructed. Online at http://hjortspring.dk/wold/index_en.htm | + | Jensen, J. The Hjortspring Boat Reconstructed. Online at [http://hjortspring.dk/wold/index_en.htm] |
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| − | + | Rieck, F. and O. Crumlin-Pedersen. Bade fra Danmarks oldtid. 1988 | |
| − | Internet sources | + | Valbjorn, K.V., H.P. Rasmssen, and J.A. Jorgensen. 2000. "Reconstruction of the Hjortspring Boat - Philosophy, Execution, and Initial Results." In ''Down the River to the Sea'', edited by J. Litwin, 103-10. ''ISBSA VIII'', ''Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology'', Gdańsk 1997. Gdańsk: Polish Maritime Museum. |
| − | http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1323&L=1 | + | |
| − | http;//hjortspring.dk/wold/index.en.htm | + | Westerdahl, C. Crossroads in Ancient Shipbuilding: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology. Roskilde 1991. |
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| + | Viking-Age Ships and Shipbuilding in Hedeby/Haithabu and Schleswig. Schleswig, National Museum of Denmark. | ||
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| + | ====Internet sources==== | ||
| + | [http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1323&L=1] | ||
| + | [http;//hjortspring.dk/wold/index.en.htm] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 24 November 2010
Summary
Earliest N. European vessel found. Remarkable features: double horns at bow and stern, similar to Scandinavian rock art images. Keel plank a hollowed log, upper strakes joined laced lapstrake. Thwarts for rowers. Built around 350 BC (established by relative dating/ comparison of weapons styles associates and C14 2 samples:370 & 390 BC) in the Baltic region, used likely for raiding, then sacrificed (?) in a bog on the island of Als, Denmark.
Discovered (in fragments)1880-1889 by peat cutters. 1915 museum official Jens Raben hears of it. Excavated 1921-22 by Gustav Rosenberg. Reassembly by Fr.Johannesen. Exhibited at National Museum in Copenhagen 1921-mid 60s. Re-conserved replacing alum with PEG 400 1960s-80s. Reconstructions attempted beginning 1971. 1986 reexcavated bog area, found. 2 new wood samples for C14 dating. 1986 New exhibition built. 1995-1999 seaworthy replica Tilia Alsie built.
Sources
Crumlin-Pedersen, O. and A. L. Trakadas, Hjortspring: A Pre-Roman Iron-Age Warship in Context. Ships and Boats of the North, Volume 5. Roskilde, The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. 2003.
Ferger, N.P., and H. Lumbye-Hanswen. 2000. "Reconstruction of the Hjortspring Boat - Theoretical Performance and Initial Test Results." In Down the River to the Sea, edited by J. Litwin, 103-10. ISBSA VIII, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Gdańsk 1997. Gdańsk: Polish Maritime Museum.
Jorgensen, A. N. Maritime Warfare in Northern Europe: Technology, organization, logistics and administration 500 BC - 1500 AD. Studies in Archaeology and History. Copenhagen, The National Museum. Papers from an International Research Seminar at the Danish National Museum, Copenhagen, 3-5 May 2000. Randsborg, K. Warfare & Sacrifice in Early Europe Aarhaus university press, Cambridge U. Press, DK/UK 1995.
Kaul, F. Da våbnene ta. Hjortspringfundetog dets baggrund. Copenhagen National Museum of Denmmark/Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1988.
McGrail, S. Ancient Boats in N.W. Europe. Longman Group UK, New York, 1987.
Randsborg, K. (1995). Hjortspring: Warfare & Sacrifice in Early Europe Jensen, J. The Hjortspring Boat Reconstructed. Online at [1]
Rieck, F. and O. Crumlin-Pedersen. Bade fra Danmarks oldtid. 1988 Valbjorn, K.V., H.P. Rasmssen, and J.A. Jorgensen. 2000. "Reconstruction of the Hjortspring Boat - Philosophy, Execution, and Initial Results." In Down the River to the Sea, edited by J. Litwin, 103-10. ISBSA VIII, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Gdańsk 1997. Gdańsk: Polish Maritime Museum.
Westerdahl, C. Crossroads in Ancient Shipbuilding: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology. Roskilde 1991.
Viking-Age Ships and Shipbuilding in Hedeby/Haithabu and Schleswig. Schleswig, National Museum of Denmark.
Internet sources
[2] [http;//hjortspring.dk/wold/index.en.htm]
