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''A pendant roughly shaped like a hammer. Usually worn with the hammer head suspended downwards. ''<br>
Depictions of Thor’s hammers can be seen on Viking rune stones. They are usually cast but can be cut from sheet, formed from hammered rod or soldered together from chased sheet-silver. Thor’s hammers can be broken into three categories, plain, punch worked or filigree. (ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992, p.190)<br>
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==Types of Thor’s hammers==
The following style types are those devised by Staecker as listed by Jensen [JENSEN 2010:p.72]. Finds data is based on the database created by Jensen and only includes Thor’s hammers dateable to the Viking Age. For instance they do not contain 7th century Thor’s hammers from England.<br>
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===Loose Thor’s hammers of iron===
C9th & C10th<br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* England, 1
* Denmark, 53
* Germany, 5
* Iceland, 1
* Scania, 3
* Sweden,65
'''Discussion'''<br>
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===Thor’s hammer rings===
'''Archaeology'''<br>
Scotland, 1 find
Sweden, 120 finds containing 321 Thor’s hammers
Gotland, 1 find
Discussion
Birka: 58 Thors hammer rings found. 95% in cremations. Of graves 11 on women, 9 on men. (ARWIDSSON 1984, p.133)
===Thor’s hammers of amber===
C10th (but most examples cannot be dated)
Archaeology
• Denmark, 9 finds
• Scandia, 1 find
• Sweden, 3 finds
• Gotland, 2 finds
Discussion
===Thor’s hammers of copper alloy===
Archaeology
• England, 4 finds
• Denmark, 12 finds
• Sweden, 2 finds
• Gotland, 1 find
Discussion
===Thor’s hammers of lead===
Archaeology
• England, 2 finds
• Denmark, 7 finds
• Gotland, 2 finds
Discussion
===Thor’s hammers of gold===
Archaeology
• Denmark, 1 find
Discussion
==Thor’s hammers of silver==
Unfortunately Jensen does not supply any information regarding the number of silver Thor’s hammers that fall into Staecker four sub categories.
Archaeology
• England, 12
• Denmark, 25
• Iceland, 1
• Norway, 5
• Sweden, 26
===Thor’s hammers of silver, without ornaments===
===Thor’s hammers of silver with stamped ornaments===
===Thor’s hammers of silver with vegetable patterns===
===Thor’s hammers of pressed silver foil===
[[Category:Necklaces]]
''A pendant roughly shaped like a hammer. Usually worn with the hammer head suspended downwards. ''<br>
Depictions of Thor’s hammers can be seen on Viking rune stones. They are usually cast but can be cut from sheet, formed from hammered rod or soldered together from chased sheet-silver. Thor’s hammers can be broken into three categories, plain, punch worked or filigree. (ROESDAHL and WILSON 1992, p.190)<br>
<br>
==Types of Thor’s hammers==
The following style types are those devised by Staecker as listed by Jensen [JENSEN 2010:p.72]. Finds data is based on the database created by Jensen and only includes Thor’s hammers dateable to the Viking Age. For instance they do not contain 7th century Thor’s hammers from England.<br>
<br>
===Loose Thor’s hammers of iron===
C9th & C10th<br>
'''Archaeology'''<br>
* England, 1
* Denmark, 53
* Germany, 5
* Iceland, 1
* Scania, 3
* Sweden,65
'''Discussion'''<br>
<br>
===Thor’s hammer rings===
'''Archaeology'''<br>
Scotland, 1 find
Sweden, 120 finds containing 321 Thor’s hammers
Gotland, 1 find
Discussion
Birka: 58 Thors hammer rings found. 95% in cremations. Of graves 11 on women, 9 on men. (ARWIDSSON 1984, p.133)
===Thor’s hammers of amber===
C10th (but most examples cannot be dated)
Archaeology
• Denmark, 9 finds
• Scandia, 1 find
• Sweden, 3 finds
• Gotland, 2 finds
Discussion
===Thor’s hammers of copper alloy===
Archaeology
• England, 4 finds
• Denmark, 12 finds
• Sweden, 2 finds
• Gotland, 1 find
Discussion
===Thor’s hammers of lead===
Archaeology
• England, 2 finds
• Denmark, 7 finds
• Gotland, 2 finds
Discussion
===Thor’s hammers of gold===
Archaeology
• Denmark, 1 find
Discussion
==Thor’s hammers of silver==
Unfortunately Jensen does not supply any information regarding the number of silver Thor’s hammers that fall into Staecker four sub categories.
Archaeology
• England, 12
• Denmark, 25
• Iceland, 1
• Norway, 5
• Sweden, 26
===Thor’s hammers of silver, without ornaments===
===Thor’s hammers of silver with stamped ornaments===
===Thor’s hammers of silver with vegetable patterns===
===Thor’s hammers of pressed silver foil===
[[Category:Necklaces]]
