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{{Stars1stars1}} A great number of rings – for the neck, the arm and the finger have been found in areas of Viking occupation. Owen-Crocker states that she thinks that these rings were a more popular form of adornment for Viking women than the wearing of beads [OWEN-CROCKER 2004: p.165] <br>It does not appear that the wearing of Neck- and arm-rings continued into the 11th century in Scotland. [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998: p.237]<br>Gold was mainly found as finger rings due to cost<br> ==Neck rings [V] == '''Literature'''<br>* ===Solid===9th Century southern Scandinavian.<br>'''Archaeology'''<br>A classic example is from Illebolle, Langeland, Denmark. V2C 147.<br>'''Discussion'''<br>The spiral ring found along side the neck ring found at Il-lebolle, Langeland, Denmark proves that these rings could be cut up and then worn on the arm. [ROESDHAL 1992:cat. 147].<br><gallery> </gallery><br> ===Intertwined===Thin intertwined metal strands fabricated from (usually two or three) wires of constant thickness. A number of such metal strands are then laid next to each other to form the major motif of the ring.<br><gallery> </gallery><br> ===Twisted===The motif is formed from a single twist of wires. In this case the wires are relatively thick and typically constructed with slowly varying thickness.<br><gallery> </gallery><br> ===Embellished===The motif of thick twisted wires is embellished by a thin wire or a thin twisted wire<br><gallery>File:R703.jpgFile:R709.jpg</gallery><br> ==Arm rings [V]==All of the styles used as neck rings are also found in a smaller form as arm rings. These are described above under neck rings<br>===Solid===<gallery>File:R707.jpgFile:R709.jpgFile:R715.jpg</gallery><br> ===Intertwined===<gallery>File:R704.jpgFile:R706.jpgFile:R712.jpg</gallery><br> ===Twisted===<gallery>File:R705.jpgFile:R716.jpg</gallery><br> ===Embellished===<gallery>File:R713.jpgFile:R714.jpg</gallery><br> ===Danish Plate===Date: C9th'''Archaeology'''<br>* Denmark, Illebolle, Langeland. Tree of life [ROESDHAL 1992:cat. 147]'''Discussion'''<br>Found in Denmark with solid neck rings[ROESDHAL 1992:cat. 147]<br><gallery> </gallery><br> ===Danish - Coiled arm-ring===Date: C9th'''Archaeology'''<br>* Denmark, Illebolle, Langeland. Tree of life [ROESDHAL 1992:cat. 147]'''Discussion'''<br>Made from cut up solid neck rings [ROESDHAL 1992:cat. 147].<br><gallery> </gallery><br> ===Gotlandic ?===<gallery>File:R721.jpg</gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse – Broad-band arm-ring===Hiberno-Viking – 850 to 940AD<br>Also found in Denmark and Norway [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and SHEEHAN 1995]<br><gallery>File:R711.jpgFile:R717.jpgFile:R718.jpg</gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse (Scots-Norse) - Ring Money===950AD to 1065AD<br>possibly originating in Ireland [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL and BATEY 1998]<br>[SHEEHAN and Ó Corráin 2010, p.25]<br><gallery> </gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse – Coiled arm-ring===880-930AD [SHEEHAN 1992: p.47]<br>'''Archaeology'''<br>*Ireland, 26 finds [SHEEHAN 1992]<gallery> </gallery><br> ===Hiberno-Norse – Lozenge arm-ring===900-950AD [SHEEHAN 1992: p.47]<br>'''Archaeology'''<br>*Ireland, 12 finds [SHEEHAN 1992: p.47]<gallery> </gallery><br> ===Wire arm-ring=== Gold armlet from Virginia, Co. Cavan. British Museum. (BØE 1940, p.104)<gallery> </gallery><br> ===Swedish – Rod arm-ring===[SHEEHAN 1992]<gallery> </gallery><br> ===Swedish - Coiled arm-ring===<gallery> </gallery><br> ===Jet===<gallery> </gallery><br> == References == SHEEHAN, Coiled Armrings - An Hiberno-Viking Silver Armring Type 1992<br>OLSEN, Kasper & BOHR, Jakob (2010) Hidden Beauty in Twisted Neck Tings<br> <nocite>GRAHAM-CAMPBELL1998OLSEN2010OWEN-CROCKER2004ROESDHAL1992SHEEHAN1992</nocite><biblio force=false>#[[Template:Bib]]</biblio><HarvardReferences />
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