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== Bird (Falcon) style Style==Otherwise known as the 'Birka Bird'. Dated from late C9th to early C11th although at its most popular in the first half of the C10th. Hedenstierna Jonson identifies 67 finds spread mainly in Eastern Europe from Sweden to Byzantium [HEDENSTIERNA-JONSON 2006B:p.] === Bird (Falcon) Style 1===
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Androshchuk dates this type to the 10th century. [ANDROSHCHUK 2014:pp.15-121]<br>
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Otherwise known as the '''Archaeology''Birka Bird'. Dated from late C9th to early C11th although at its most popular in the first half of the C10th. Hedenstierna Jonson identifies 67 finds spread mainly in Eastern Europe from Sweden to Byzantium [HEDENSTIERNA-JONSON 2006B:p.]<br>{{evidence|Art|Literature|Archaeology =
*France
**[[:File:L'lle de Groix Sword Scabbard Chape.jpg|L'Ile de Groix]].
*Ukraine
**Kiev [WOV 2003:cat.4269]
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}} === Bird (Falcon) style Style 2===
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Paulsen breaks this group into 2 sub groups with a total of 23 finds [PAULSEN 1953:pp.22-34]<br>
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'''Andrshchuk Type 3b'''<br>
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Androshchuk dates this type to the 10th century. [ANDROSHCHUK 2014:pp.15-121]<br>
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Otherwise known as the 'Birka Bird'. Dated from late C9th to early C11th although at its most popular in the first half of the C10th. Hedenstierna Jonson identifies 67 finds spread mainly in Eastern Europe from Sweden to Byzantium [HEDENSTIERNA-JONSON 2006B:p.]
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'''Archaeology'''<br>
*Sweden
**Astad. Eastern Influence 850AD – 950AD [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980:cat.442]
*Ukraine
**Kiev [WOV 2003:cat.4269]
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The [http://travellingnorth.nl/home/blog/index.html travellingnorth.nl] blog has a good article about this kind of chape.