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Turfs and Timbers- Resource use in the construction of the Viking Age Ring Fortress Borgring, Southeast Denmark

Mortensen, Morten Fischer ; Baittinger, Claudia ; Christensen, Jonas ; Nielsen, Anne Birgitte LU orcid ; Nielsen, Søren ; Pihl, Anders ; Prøsch-Danielsen, Lisbeth ; Ravn, Morten ; Sindbæk, Søren Michael and Úlriksen, Jens (2021) In Danish Journal of Archaeology 10. p.1-18
Abstract
Viking Age ring fortresses were some of the largest construction projects in Danish prehistory. In this article we reconstruct the amount of turf and timber used in the construction of the Borgring ring fortress and estimate the resource area needed to supply the building materials. Using REVEALS pollen data modelling, we quantify the regional oak land cover and estimate the resource area. The results show that even though Borgring was built in an open cultural landscape, sufficient supply of oak for the construction would have been accessible within a few kilometres from the fortress.
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pollen analysis, Landscape reconstruction algorithm (LRA), Timber resources, Viking Age
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Danish Journal of Archaeology
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10
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1 - 18
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Taylor & Francis
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2166-2290
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10.7146/dja.v10i0.121918
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English
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  author       = {{Mortensen, Morten Fischer and Baittinger, Claudia and Christensen, Jonas and Nielsen, Anne Birgitte and Nielsen, Søren and Pihl, Anders and Prøsch-Danielsen, Lisbeth and Ravn, Morten and Sindbæk, Søren Michael and Úlriksen, Jens}},
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  series       = {{Danish Journal of Archaeology}},
  title        = {{Turfs and Timbers- Resource use in the construction of the Viking Age Ring Fortress Borgring, Southeast Denmark}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/dja.v10i0.121918}},
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