The Viking Ship Museum’s publishing company has received a grant of DKK 30,000. The money will be used to publish a new volume in the international series “Ships and Boats of the North”.
Based on the archaeological finds of large cargo ships that sailed in Danish waters is in the period 1000 to 1250, the book examines the phenomenon of trade by sea. There are relatively few written sources from that era, so these ship finds provide a great deal of new knowledge about professional, Danish, merchant shipping before the Hanseatic period, which was dominated by German merchants.
The book covers the topic in detail and describes four particularly interesting ship finds:
- The Eltang ship
- The Lynæs ships
- The Karschau ship
- The Haderslev ship
The book also analyzes 18 finds of cargo ships from the period in relation to ship design, building tradition, carrying capacity and cultural context.
The book’s main author is archaeologist and PhD Anton Englert, who works as a curator of the Viking Ship Museum’s Research Department. Anton Englert is responsible for the publication of the museum’s scientific publications. The book also contains contributions by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, Aoife Daly, Tinna Damgaard-Sørensen, C. Jahnke, M. R. Kristiansen, H. J. Kühn, O. Magnus, S. Möller-Wiering and O. Nakoinz.
“I am very grateful for the grant” says Anton Englert. “It contributes significantly to the publication and this is now the third consecutive time that the royal couple’s foundation has provided funding for the Viking Ship Museum’s publications. It is wonderful to see how maritime archaeology continues to benefit from the royal family’s attention”.
The book is scheduled for release in late 2011
