Morten Ravn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6042144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morten Ravn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morten |
| FAMILY NAME | Ravn |
| SIGNATURE | RAVN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9354-9171 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Den sene vikingetids amfibiske militæroperationer
Late Viking Age amphibious military operationsExperimental archaeological trials with landings and combat formations The military operations conducted by Viking Age Scandinavian warriors were immediately recognised as being something extraordinary. Contemporary European writers detail the Norsemen’s attacks, raiding monasteries and rural and urban settlements, while today’s scholars frequently discuss how the Vikings were able to carry out these …
Turfs and timbers
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 a…
The Vordingborg Boat
In 2012, a mechanical excavator unearthed the remains of a 14th-century boat while restoring the moat at Vordingborg Castle, Denmark. The boat-find was documented and both dendrochronological and metallurgical investigations were conducted. The trees that were used to build the boat were felled 1355–1366 in the region around Gdańsk, Poland. However, the building of the boat was probably conducted near Vordingborg Castle in the second half of the …
Economic Journal 125th Anniversary Special Issue
A 16th-Century Ship-Find from Amager Beach Park, Denmark
When establishing the new Amager Beach Park near Copenhagen, Denmark, a small clinker-built ship dating to the 16th century (dendro-dated to 1560–70) was discovered. The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde excavated the wreck in 2004, and parts of the ship were later taken to the museum and recorded in 3D. This article describes the excavation and the documentation, and presents the preliminary interpretation of the ship-find. The ship is interpreted …
The Bog Bodies as Sacrifices
A Beginning
Not Easy to Explain
SS-Ahnenerbe
Destruction as a Part of the Burial Ritual
Bronze and Early Iron Age Bog Bodies from Denmark
Death from Natural Causes
The Bog Bodies as Social Outcasts
Apathy, Christian Ethics or Superstition
Chemical Composition of Bogs
Bog Bodies as Executed Criminals
Burials in Bogs
Les travaux de fouilles et de drainage des marais et tourbieres entrepris aux XIXe et XXe siecles au Danemark ont livre environ 560 corps. Jusqu'a maintenant, seules les trouvailles les plus spectaculaires (les corps momifies) ont fait l'objet d'etudes plus poussees. Les ossements ont quant a eux ete majoritairement delaisses. C'est a ces derniers que l'auteur s'est interesse en se livrant a une reflexion sur les raisons d'une telle pratique (tra…
Why Bogs
The Bog Bodies as Sacrifices
A Beginning
Not Easy to Explain
SS-Ahnenerbe
Destruction as a Part of the Burial Ritual
Bronze and Early Iron Age Bog Bodies from Denmark
Death from Natural Causes
The Bog Bodies as Social Outcasts
Apathy, Christian Ethics or Superstition
Chemical Composition of Bogs
Bog Bodies as Executed Criminals
Burials in Bogs
Les travaux de fouilles et de drainage des marais et tourbieres entrepris aux XIXe et XXe siecles au Danemark ont livre environ 560 corps. Jusqu'a maintenant, seules les trouvailles les plus spectaculaires (les corps momifies) ont fait l'objet d'etudes plus poussees. Les ossements ont quant a eux ete majoritairement delaisses. C'est a ces derniers que l'auteur s'est interesse en se livrant a une reflexion sur les raisons d'une telle pratique (tra…
Why Bogs
A 16th-Century Ship-Find from Amager Beach Park, Denmark
When establishing the new Amager Beach Park near Copenhagen, Denmark, a small clinker-built ship dating to the 16th century (dendro-dated to 1560–70) was discovered. The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde excavated the wreck in 2004, and parts of the ship were later taken to the museum and recorded in 3D. This article describes the excavation and the documentation, and presents the preliminary interpretation of the ship-find. The ship is interpreted …
Economic Journal 125th Anniversary Special Issue
Den sene vikingetids amfibiske militæroperationer
Late Viking Age amphibious military operationsExperimental archaeological trials with landings and combat formations The military operations conducted by Viking Age Scandinavian warriors were immediately recognised as being something extraordinary. Contemporary European writers detail the Norsemen’s attacks, raiding monasteries and rural and urban settlements, while today’s scholars frequently discuss how the Vikings were able to carry out these …
Turfs and timbers
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 a…
The Vordingborg Boat
In 2012, a mechanical excavator unearthed the remains of a 14th-century boat while restoring the moat at Vordingborg Castle, Denmark. The boat-find was documented and both dendrochronological and metallurgical investigations were conducted. The trees that were used to build the boat were felled 1355–1366 in the region around Gdańsk, Poland. However, the building of the boat was probably conducted near Vordingborg Castle in the second half of the …
Archaeology (17 works) · History (15 works) · History (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Bog (6 works) · Peat (6 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)