Another mysterious piece of jewelry found at Vestervang depicts a Christian cross and appears to have been created in continental Europe sometime between A.D. 500 and 750, predating the Viking-age farm site.
Posted on 07/28/2013 5:33:56 PM PDT by Islander7
Several pieces of Viking jewelry, some of which contain gold, have been uncovered at a farm site in Denmark that dates as far back as 1,300 years.
Although the Vikings have a popular reputation as being raiders, they were also farmers, traders and explorers, and the craftsmanship seen in this jewelry demonstrates their artistic skills.
Archaeologists working with volunteers used metal detectors to find the jewelry in different spots throughout a farmstead on Zealand, the largest island in Denmark. The remains of the site, which is now called Vestervang, date from the late seventh to the early 11th centuries.
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Another mysterious piece of jewelry found at Vestervang depicts a Christian cross and appears to have been created in continental Europe sometime between A.D. 500 and 750, predating the Viking-age farm site.
Ping!
Given the dates, this cross pin was likely pillage material.
Isn’t that the piece Indiana Jones was looking for in the movie?
I wonder how they made the indented pattern? It’s too regular to have been done strictly by hand.
Waffle iron ?
This is a story for PHOTOS - not word descriptions - in this day of digital, there is no excuse -
I would love to know the other stones/colors were in the piece shown. It must have been handsome
Or a meat tenderizer.
a woven sttamp was impressed into the ceramic or wax pattern
The Vikings......friendly merchants and all-around nice guys.
Good find, thanks.
More in depth article with photos of the booty:
http://io9.com/1-000-year-old-viking-jewelry-found-on-danish-farm-911118855
From article, an “explanation” of how a non-Viking jewelry piece was “somehow” included in the Viking hoard - an explanation that perfectly demonstrates politically-correct abject stupidity:
“A golden Christian mystery”
“Another mysterious piece of jewelry found at Vestervang depicts a Christian cross and appears to have been created in continental Europe sometime between A.D. 500 and 750, predating the Viking-age farm site.
“How the artifact arrived at a pre-Christian Viking-age farm site is a mystery. A Christian traveler may have brought it to Vestervang, or a non-Christian person at the site may have acquired it through exchange. The item would have been used as a brooch, and Kastholm said a female of “high rank” perhaps wore it on her dress.
It “tells us about close relations and networks between Southern Scandinavia and the European continent in late Iron Age, before the time of Christianization,” Kastholm wrote in the email.”
So - every explanation except the obvious one - it’s as if this was written for a Monty Python sketch.
Given the dates, this cross pin was likely pillage material.
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Exactly what I was thinking. Yet, the article refers to its presence as a mystery and does not mention this among the possible explanations.
Only one photo with the news piece!
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Yes, that disappointed me, as well.
Nice!
Oh, beautiful! Thanks for that link.
THANK YOU!
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