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Academic Viking Archaeological Projects

A List of Academic Projects on the Archaeology of the Viking Age

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As I was building the About.com Guide to the Viking Age, I realized how difficult it was for anybody to discover the Viking Age pages in archaeology that are produced by universities. This list of Viking Archaeological Projects should help.

Viking Age Archaeology

This link goes to the About.com Guide to the Viking Age, a summary of current research on the Vikings and the Norse

The Reykholt Project

The Reykholt project from the University of Iceland is focused on the archaeology and environmental analysis of the Norse (and later) occupations at Reykholt in Iceland.

Benedictine Convent at Narsarsuaq

From C.L. Vebæk at the University of Copenhagen, a study on the convent at Narsarsuaq, Greenland.

Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

The Viking Ship Museum has archaeological remnants of five 11th century Viking ships excavated from the Roskilde fjord (the Skuldelev Ships); and reconstructions of all of them are on display. The Sea Stallion from Glendalough, based on the longship called Skuldelev 2, is the most recently completed.
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