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Typology
We are using Steven Ashby's Typology.
Ashby Type 1a - Early Anglo-Saxon
Date: AD300-600
Mainly found in: England, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Ashby Type 1b - Barred
Date: AD500-800
Mainly found in: England, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Ashby Type 1c - High-backed
Date: AD450-800
Mainly found in: Scotland, Ireland
Type 2a - Flat-sided
Date: AD600-900
Mainly found in: England, Netherlands, Belgium, France
The flat connecting plates are cut from the ribs of sheep or other domestic mammals
Type 2b - Bowed
Date: AD600-900
Mainly found in: England, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Frequently referred to as 'hogback' or 'winged' combs.
Type 2c - Coped
Date: AD600-900
Mainly found in: England, Netherlands, Belgium
They are most common in the Netherlands, but also appear in small numbers in the southern British Isles.
Replica by Gavin Archer - England, York: Coppergate
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Type 3 -
Type 4 - Horn
Type 5 - Norse
Type 6 - Short
Type 7 - Long
Type 8i - Short
Type 8ii - Long
Type 8iii -
Type 9 - Copper
References
Arbman, Holger (1940) Birka 1 Die Graber: Tafeln. [The Graves: Plates] Birka, Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien [ARBMAN 1940] *
Ashby, Steve (2007) 'Bone and Antler Combs' Finds Research Group Datasheets 25-40: No.40 [ASHBY 2007] *
Ashby, Steven P. (2014) A Viking Way Of Life. Combs and Communities in Early Medieval Britain. [ASHBY 2014] *