The Excavations inside Stavanger Cathedral
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Arkeologisk Museum Universitetet i Stavanger
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Norway
Visit our archaeology stand
Norway
Project Pilgrimage 21
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Company of Saynt George
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Project Pilgrimage 21 is a decentralised international medieval event organized by the Company of Saynt George, which connects reenactors and friends of living history all over the world in spring 2021. Follow the Pilgrimage 21 with the Pilgrimage 21 Social Wall or the #pilgrim
The Jubilee Year of 2020 at Lofotr Viking Museum
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After several years of archaeological excavations at Borg in Lofoten in the 1980s, Lofotr Viking Museum was established in 1995. The excavations uncovered an 83-meter longhouse dated to the Viking age. A copy of this longhouse, together with a copy of the Gokstad Viking ship, were built to make the core of the new museum above the arctic circle. Lofotr Viking Museum grew bigger as the years went by...
Book Review: Proceedings from the ReConference 2018
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The ReConference 2018 took place from 2nd to 4th of November at the National Museum in Copenhagen and attracted interested people from all over the world. It was the successor to the first ReConference in 2017 in Moscow, organised by the group Ratobor, which was again involved in the organisation of the new event together with "Hands on History"...
Conference Review: The Norwegian Forum for Experimental Archaeology 2020
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The Norwegian Forum of Experimental Archaeology (NFEA) 2020 was held between the 18-20th of September at Midgard Viking Centre in Horten, Vestfold and Telemark County in Norway. Midgard Viking centre, one of the museums falling under Vestfoldmuseene, has a strong emphasis on living history and collaboration with volunteer groups, using living history as a tool to create an immersive experience...
Roe Deer as Raw Material for Middle Mesolithic Fishhooks? An Experimental Approach to the Manufacture of Small Bone Fishhooks
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Bone fishhooks have occasionally been retrieved from bone assemblages at coastal sites dating to the Middle Mesolithic phase (8300-6300 cal. BC) in Southern Norway and Western Sweden. Several studies of fishhooks from these sites have been undertaken in recent years. Fishhooks can be manufactured from different osseous materials, including antler, ribs and shafts of different long bones...
Book Review: Historical Brewing Techniques by Lars Marius Garshol
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My fascination with Scandinavian yeast rings let me to meet Lars Marius Garshol, online, several years ago. It was refreshing to meet someone, even if only online, who, just like I, enjoys the practical aspects of enjoying and brewing a good home brew as well as being deeply fascinated with its traditions and history. We shared research, compared notes, and had lively discussions, even though...
Midgard Vikingsenter (NO)
Member of EXARC
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Welcome to Midgard – the Viking era is here!
Midgard Viking Centre is Vestfold's center for the Viking Age. We work with live presentation for both individuals and groups.
At Midgard Viking Centre we are keen on activity based learning to convey knowledge about the Viking Age. Here you will be able to not only watch and read about the Viking Age, but you will also be able to put to use what you have learned. We wish to bring the Viking Age to life for our visitors.
Sverre Christoffer Guldberg cand. PhD
Member of EXARC since
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Norway
Crafts & Skills
2008-2009: 1 yr Art History, University of Stavanger
2009-2012: BA in Archaeology and Conservation, University of Oslo
2012-2014: MA in Archaeology, University of Oslo ('The Smith on the Edge of Worlds: New perspectives on technology and ideology in the Late Norwegian Iron Age')
Gudvangen Viking Market
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Norway
After a successful story of organising Viking Markets the Viking Village of Njardarheimr, located in beautiful Gudvangen, will yet again open its gates to hundreds of Vikings from all over the world.
