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Viking Age Compendium articles on Crafts:

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Fishing in Viking Age Britain

Rope and Cordage

Viking Age Compendium articles on Crafts:

Household

Fishing in Viking Age Britain

Rope and Cordage

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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

Replica created by Gavin Archer 2017

Current Location- Jorvik Viking Museum Find Type- ? Find Date- ? Beam- Plates- Comments- Bibliography- 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 cat.7550

Type 3 - Handled

Date: AD700-1100
Mainly found in: England, Netherlands, Belgium

Southern Style use a slotted antler tine.
Northern Style consists of 2 connecting plates.

Type 5 - Norse

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  Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall

Type 7 - Long

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  Hesket, England

Type 9 - Copper

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  Hedeby, Old Denmark

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]} *