[MR] Fwd: Viking Discovery Archaeological Field courses

[Marybeth Lavrakas]

--- Dan Carlsson <info at arkeodok.com> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:11:53 UT
> From: "Dan Carlsson" <info at arkeodok.com>
> To: VikingHistory at arkeodok.com
> Subject: Viking Discovery Archaeological Field
> courses
> 
> Dear Viking friends,
> In the middle of winter, with half a meter snow
> outside my window and a temperature well below
> freezing point, it is nice to start thinking of a
> warm summer day, on one's knee looking into the
> daily life of the Viking People! We are getting
> closer to the summer's programme about the
> archaeological field courses on the island of
> Gotland, Sweden.
> 
> For some years, we have been excavating the Viking
> Port of trade at Frojel, with some tremendous
> fascinating discoveries (among all, we have now
> registrered som 33 000 objects in our database and
> excavated about 100 graves). The excavations are now
> finished, and we will start a new project, while at
> the same time working on reports about Frojel. 
> 
> Now the time has come to get a better picture of the
> houses and farms in Viking Age. It might seem
> strange, but in spite of the tremendous rich
> material from Viking Age from Gotland, we know
> rather little about houses and farms. So, for som
> years to come, we will carry out designated studies
> of houses from Viking Age.
> 
> Coming summer, we will start to investigate a farm
> up in the northern part of Gotland, where a silver
> hoard from Viking Age was found a few years ago,
> containing more then a 1000 coins. The hoard was
> found in a Viking Age house, and now we will
> investigate the remains of the hoard and try to get
> a better idea about house constructions etc.
> 
> We are now opening up for application to our
> courses, that will take place in July and August in
> a bit different ways. Please check out the
> information and application form at
> http://www.arkeodok.com/Discoveryprogramme.html.
> 
> I would very much appreciate any help you can give
> me to spread the information about the course. If
> you have any questions, please don't hesitate to
> contact me. Hope to see you next summer at a
> fascinating excavation site!
> 
> Dan Carlsson
>