February 11, 2018February 11, 2018Viking Era Ponder the supporting industry needed for shipbuilding and seafaring during the Viking age. Ponder the extent of support needed to keep seagoing fleets of longships going to sea. Those state-of-the-art weapons needed maintenance and supplies. […]
January 30, 2018Viking Era More details on the Skuldelev ships Chapter 8 of The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings, discusses Ships and Seamanship, by Jan Bill. Chapter has a to-scale sketch […]
January 10, 2018January 10, 2018Viking Era More background on ships Comments from a few other books fit well with the previous post Background on Viking Age – ships for warfare, travel, and […]
January 8, 2018January 25, 2018Viking Era Background on Viking Age – ships for warfare, travel, and cargo – 4 of 5 A number of Viking ships, or parts thereof, have been recovered by archaeologists. Those few ships reveal much of ship construction. Viking […]
December 26, 2017December 31, 2017Viking Era Gokstad and Oseberg ship models The Gokstad and Oseberg ships were found in burial mounds. They were well-preserved, providing rich information about Viking ship technology.
June 19, 2017January 1, 2018Viking Era Building a Viking Longship I’ve found a few websites that provide a few details on how to build a Viking ship. This post won’t go into […]
June 3, 2017January 1, 2018Viking Era How much labor did it take to construct a Viking longship? This is another in my series of posts on ancient finances. Let’s ponder how much time it would take to construct a […]