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IoA-BM Nordland 19 November 2019
19 November 2019, 6:15 pm–7:15 pm
INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY / BRITISH MUSEUM MEDIEVAL SEMINAR Ole Nordland (UCL): Viking Age ironmaking in Norway
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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Andrew Reynolds
Location
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Room 612UCL Institute of Archaeology31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PY
The Viking Age is a period where there can be no doubt that large quantities of iron were needed. In Norway, well-established and long-running iron-making traditions lasted from the start of the Iron Age until about AD600, at which time a complete collapse of iron-making is apparent in the archaeological record. During the Viking Age, a completely different type of iron-making furnace spread throughout the country, coinciding with the unification of the country under king Harald Finehair. This talk will highlight the differences between the iron-making traditions practiced before the Viking Age and during the Viking Age, and explore the relationship between political and technological changes.