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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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Current Location- Jorvik Viking Museum
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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] *
MacGregor, Arthur (1985) Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn, The Technology of Skeletal Materials since the Roman Period. Barnes & Noble Books. [MACGREGOR 1985] *
MacGregor, Arthur; Mainman, A. J. and Rogers, N.S.H. (1999) Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. York Archaeological Trust: 17/12 [MACGREGOR, MAINMAN & ROGERS 1999] *