Belts (Men)
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Viking Age Compendium articles on Belts and Tags:
Leather Belts
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Archaeology
- In Birka only 29 men's graves contained belt fittings of western style (no studs). 26 buckles, 16 strap ends and 2 strap hoops. In only 11 cases were the buckle and strap ends found together.[MALARSTEDT 1986]
- In Birka only 3 men's graves contained belt fittings of eastern style (with studs). Another possible 4th belt was found in a cremation. [JANSSON 1986]
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... with split ends
Archaeology
- York. double thinkness of leather, 45mm wide. Dated to the late C11th. Identified as one end of a sword belt. It has 2 60mm long slits cut into the belt towards its end. [Mould 2003:p.3367 cat.15611 fig.1691]
Discussion
Mould repeats the theory that this kind of belt originated in Scandinavia or Germany during the C10th. Oakshott says that this kind of belt was popular in England during the 12th and 13th centuries.
[MOULD 2003]:p.3367 [OAKSHOTT 1994: fig.119]
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References
Jansson, Ingmar (1986) 'Guertel und Guertelzubehoer vom Orientalischen Typ'. In Arwidsson, Greta (ed.) (1986) Birka II:2 Systematische Analysen der Graberfunde. [Systematic Analysis of the Graves Findings] Birka, Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien: II:2 [JANSSON 1986] ^ *
Malarstedt, Hilkka (1986) 'Uebriger Guertelzubehoer'. In Arwidsson, Greta (ed.) (1986) Birka II:2 Systematische Analysen der Graberfunde. [Systematic Analysis of the Graves Findings] Birka, Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien: II:2 [MALARSTEDT 1986] ^ *
[OAKESHOTT 1994] *
