the viking age started and ended in the 8th century.
the viking age started and ended in the 8th century.
when did the viking age start and end?
8th century
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while the investigation in 1999 did not reveal any viking age artifacts, subsequent excavations at tønnesminde have found significant evidence of a viking age settlement. the 2014 excavation unearthed spindle whorls, glass beads, loom weights, whetstones, iron rivets, and iron knives in presumably viking age pit houses. nearby postholes likely belong to other viking age buildings, although the postholes lacked dateable material. similarly, the 2015 excavation found spindle whorls, loom weights, iron rivets and nails, and whetstones from pit houses; other excavated postholes probably derive from the viking age but could not be dated due to a dearth of dateable material. the long house excavated by the 2016 team could have functioned as an 'economy house' ('økonomibygning' in danish) during the viking age. an older, nearby large cultural layer intersects the long house, and based on the discovery of half of a loom weight and the general structure of the long house, on-site archaeologists dated the long house to the late iron age or early viking age. similarly, the 2017 excavation unearthed two spindle whorls and many ceramic rim shards that are characteristic of the viking age.
tønnesminde