100 Viking Age hoards of Bornholm – status, challenges and perspectives

TY - CHAP

T1 - 100 Viking Age hoards of Bornholm – status, challenges and perspectives

AU - Ingvardson, Gitte Tarnow

AU - Nielsen, Finn Ole Sonne

PY - 2015/1/1

Y1 - 2015/1/1

N2 - The last 25 years of intensive detector archaeology has quadrupled the number of Viking Age hoards on Bornholm to amazing 100 hoards. The numerous hoards provide Museum of Bornholm with new and vital information on the history of Viking Age Bornholm, but the large number of hoards does also cause administrative challenges. This paper presents an update on the last 25 years of results and failures. Furthermore the paper discusses the perspectives of detector archaeology by introducing three new spectacular silver hoards: Skovsholm-the oldest Viking Age hoard of Bornholm, Åbo—located in a roof bearing post of a house and Ahlesminde – the first Danish Viking Age hoard containing gold coins.

AB - The last 25 years of intensive detector archaeology has quadrupled the number of Viking Age hoards on Bornholm to amazing 100 hoards. The numerous hoards provide Museum of Bornholm with new and vital information on the history of Viking Age Bornholm, but the large number of hoards does also cause administrative challenges. This paper presents an update on the last 25 years of results and failures. Furthermore the paper discusses the perspectives of detector archaeology by introducing three new spectacular silver hoards: Skovsholm-the oldest Viking Age hoard of Bornholm, Åbo—located in a roof bearing post of a house and Ahlesminde – the first Danish Viking Age hoard containing gold coins.

M3 - Book chapter

SP - 27

EP - 34

BT - Small Things Wide Horizons Studies in honour of Birgitta Hårdh

A2 - Larsson et al., L.

ER -