The world of archeology sails the seas using VIKING technology only. This is what you learned

Vikings were fighters and huge Bahrain from about 800 to 1050 m, raided, traded, and settled throughout northern Europe, Iceland, Greenland, and even as North America. However, most scientists know about Vikings marine networks, however, it comes to the starting and end points. After all, they could have taken any number of ways between them. To shed light on this gap, the archaeologist decided to follow the footsteps of Vikings – or more accurately.

In order to rebuild maritime navigation paths, the archaeologist at the University of Lunder Jarir Jarrett is the functional -like boats along the Norwegian coast in a series of experimental trips. By trying these trips directly, the archaeologist hoped to understand where it was very logical that the sailors in Vikings would search for shelter all the way to their destination. In this way, four natural ports were selected that could serve as pitstops hundreds of years ago.

“Often, we only know about the start and end points in the trade that occurred during the era of Vikings. The main ports, such as Bergen and Trondheim in Norway, Ribi in Denmark, and Dublin in Ireland. The thing that matters to me is what happened on trips between these main commercial centers.” statement. “My assumption is that this decentralized network of ports, located in small islands and suspicions, was essential to making trade effective during the Vikings era.”

Between September 2021 and July 2022, Jarrett and his crew conducted 15 sailing experiments and two trial trips for about three weeks in seven kg north of different BoatTraditional, small, open and wooden sailboats whose use in the northern regions dates back to nearly 2000 years. The smooth sailing was not always – at the present time, the pole that supports Mainsail was captured for 15 miles (25 km) from the coast, and they had to tie two oxters together to secure the sail until they managed to return to the ground. In general, it covered 1,494 nautical miles.

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The experimental archaeological scientist decided that possible “sanctuaries” along the marine paths should have provided fresh water, shelter of swelling and wind, and a good view of the sea. Moreover, it had to be reached in a decrease in visibility, and a large degree enough to host many boats, a round and a minute of different directions, located in a “transitional zone”: the coastal points between open areas and internal areas.

Besides these criteria, combining the Jarrett investigation for the digital reconstruction of Sea Viking levels, pre -knowledgeable knowledge of large marine centers, information about traditional sailboat methods in the nineteenth and early twentieth century of sailors and fishermen. The archaeologist also explained that his work is a long -term Viking missions instead of trips for chimney and warfare purposes.

He wrote in TicketAnd published earlier this month in the magazine of the ancient and theoretical method.

In this way, he claims to have set four potential havens. These distant sites along the Norwegian coast have varying degrees of pre -existing archaeological evidence indicating the past human existence. Jarrett is supposed to be the first to indicate that they may have also stopped along the cruises.

He explained that “the list of the potential age of anmeteries in the Vikings”, which indicates the existence of a planning drawing in the study, “aims at a work document, which can be formed and formed by future archaeological surveys and digging.”

It should be noted that, even with Seascape digital reconstruction during the Vikings era, experimental trips can never provide evidence of Vikings to the degree of direct archaeological evidence. However, creative and practical methods such as Jarrett position as a reminder that the solution sometimes the problem requires a different perspective – literally. It remains to see whether his work will inspire archaeological surveys in the future.