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Vikin? Blin?: Fiv? F???l??s H????s
B? D?ni T??n?ski
H?m?ns ??? lik? m???i?s. O? m???? s??i???ls m?k? ??? ? ??tt?? ?n?l???. Eith?? w??, s?m? ?? ?s lik? t? c?ll?ct st???. Th? n??? t? c?ll?ct m?ni??sts its?l? ?s ? h????, ???licti?n, ?? ??s?ssi?n ????n?in? ?n th? ???s?n, h?w?v?? it ?s??ll? h?s int???stin? ??s?lts. On? ?? th?s? ??s?lts is m??i?v?l h????s.
Th?s? ???i?? c?ll?cti?ns ?? shin?, s???kl?, s??ci?l ??j?cts h?v? ???n ? s???c? ?? w?n??? ?n? ?isc?v??? ??? ?v?? ? th??s?n? ????s. Ev?? sinc? ????l? ???i?? th?m, ?th??s h?v? ??? th?m ?? ?n? ???n im???ss??. It’s ?nl? in th? l?st 100 ????s (?iv? ?? t?k? ? ??w ??c???s) th?t ??ch???l??? ?s ? sci?nc? h?s t?k?n ? m??? ?thic?l ??????ch t? ??c?v??in?, ??c?m?ntin? ?n? ?n?l?zin? th?s? c?ll?cti?ns. I’m s??? th?t th? 19th c?nt??? “??ch???l??ists” h?? ? ???n? tim? t?kin? ???l? m??i?v?l silv?? c?ins t? th? l?c?l ?l?h??s? ?n? ???in? ?n?l?ss ???n?s, ??t n?w h????s ??? ?n im???t?nt sci?nti?ic ??s???c?. Th?? ???vi?? ? win??w int? ? ???s?n’s min?s?t ?t ? s??ci?ic ??int in tim?; it’s ? lit???l tim? c??s?l? ???l?ctin? s?m??n?’s ??cisi?ns ?n? ?cti?ns.
Th? ?????s? ?? ????sitin? h????s is ????t?? in th? ??ch???l??ic?l c?mm?nit? ??t it’s ? c?nc??t? ??ct th?t l?ts ?? in???m?ti?n c?n ?? ??in?? th????h st??i?s ?? h????s’ l?c?ti?n ?n? c?nt?nts. Disc?ssi?ns ?n ?c?n?m?, ??li?i?n, in??st?i?l ???ctic?s, hist??ic t??v?l, s?ci?t?l st??ct???s, ?n? m??? c?n ?ll t?k? ?l?c? ?sin? ?vi??nc? ???m h????s. Th??’v? ???n ?xc?v?t?? th????h??t E????? ?n? Asi? ?n? h??? ??? ?iv? ?? m? ??v??it?s. L?t’s t?k? ? l??k ?t th?s? w?n?????l tim? c??s?l?s ?n? th? s?c??ts within th?m.
H??n H????
D???sit?? n??? B?sk????, N??w??. Exc?v?t?? 1834. C?nt?ins 207 ?i?c?s: tw? ??l? t??cs, th??? ??l? ??m ?in?s, ?n? ??l? ????ch m??? ???m ?n ????t?? h??n?ss m??nt, 20 c?ins ????t?? t? ?? ??n??nts, 32 ?l?ss ????s, ?n? 149 mix?? ??j?cts ?? silv?? ?? ??l?. It’s ?n?s??l ??? th? hi?h ?m??nt ?? ??l? ?n? th? c?m?l?t? ???s??v?ti?n ?? th? j?w?l?? it?ms. This h???? w?s lik?l? ????sit?? in th? l?t? ?i?hth ?? ???l? ninth c?nt??? ?n? n?w c?n ?? ???n? in th? K?lt??hist??isk M?s??m in Osl?. Th? ?cl?ctic mix ?? l?x??i??s ??l?, silv??, ?n? ?l?ss ????s m?k?s ??? ? ???ll? int???stin? ?lim?s? int? Vikin? ?lin?.
V?l? ?? Y??k H????
D???sit?? n??? H??????t?, En?l?n?. Exc?v?t?? 2007. This h??t? t???s??? t??v? c?nt?ins 617 c?ins ?n? 65 silv?? ?i?c?s st????? int? ? c?nt?in?? with ??l? linin? ?n? silv??-?ilt ?xt??i??. Th? c?nt?in?? w?s lik?l? m??? in th? ninth c?nt??? in F??nc? ?n? h?s ?l?????t? C???lin?i?n-st?l? ??c???ti?n. Th? c?ins h?v? ? mix?? ??i?in ?n? w??? mint?? in En?l?n?, I??l?n?, B??h???, Bi?k?, N??th A??ic?, R?ssi?, A??h?nist?n, ?n? F??nc?. Th? h?cksilv?? ?????s?nts cli???? c?ins, ????ch?s, ??m ?in?s, t??cs, ?n? in??ts. On? st?n?-??t it?m is ? twist?? ??l? ??m ?in?, ??ssi?l? ???m Vikin?-?cc??i?? I??l?n?. This c?ll?cti?n w?s lik?l? ???i?? in th? t?nth c?nt??? ??t?? th? Vikin?s w??? ?x??ll?? ???m Y??k; th? B?itish M?s??m in???m?ti?n ?iv?s ? ??t? ?? 927 ?? 928 ?.?.
A?l?n?? Ai????t H????
D???sit?? n??? A?l?n?? Int??n?ti?n?l Ai????t, St?ckh?lm, Sw???n. Exc?v?t?? 2008. This ?n??m??s c?in h???? w?s ? s????is? ??? ??ch???l??ists ?xc?v?tin? ? B??nz? A?? t?m? n??? St?ckh?lm’s l????st ??ss?n??? ?i????t. Th? h???? w?s lik?l? ????sit?? in th? mi?-t?-l?t? ninth c?nt??? which is ???li?? th?n ?th?? c?m?????l? c?in h????s. Th? m?j??it? ?? its 472 silv?? c?ins ??? A???ic c?ins mint?? ??tw??n 800-840 ?.?., with ??ints ?? ??i?in ?c??ss th? A???ic ??nins?l? ?n? w?st??n Asi?. An?th?? ?n?s??l ???lit? ?? this h???? is its ?l?c?m?nt ?n th? m?inl?n?. M?n? ?? Sw???n’s c?in h????s ??? ?n isl?n?s in th? B?ltic with G?tl?n? ??c?ivin? ?n ?xt??m?l? hi?h n?m??? ?? h???? ????sits.
C?????l? H????
D???sit?? n??? C?????l?, En?l?n?. Exc?v?t?? 1840. Th? l????st Vikin? h???? ?isc?v???? in B?it?in ?t th? tim? ?? ???lic?ti?n, this c?ll?cti?n incl???s ?v?? 8,600 ?i?c?s ?n? w?s lik?l? ???i?? in th? ???l? 10th c?nt???. Th? S?illin?s H???? (s?? ??l?w) is th? ?nl? kn?wn h???? t? ?? h??vi?? th?n th? C?????l? ?in?. M?st ?? th? h???? is in th? B?itish M?s??m, with s?l?ct ?i?c?s ?n ?is?l?? in Ox???? ?n? Ét??l?s, F??nc?. Th? m?ssiv? c?ll?cti?n ?? silv?? c?nt?ins ? wh?t’s-wh?t ?? Vikin? m?t?l ??j?cts: t??cs, ????ch?s, in??ts, h?cksilv??, ch?ins, ?n? c?ins. M?st ?? th? ??c??niz??l? ??j?cts in th? h???? w??? ??m???? ?????? ??in? ???i??; lik?l? t? ?? ?s?? in ? w?i?ht-?xch?n?? ?c?n?m? ?? in ???????ti?n ??? ??in? m?lt?? ??wn. Th? c?ins ?????s?nt mints in En?l?n?, Sc?n?in?vi?, It?l?, F??nc?, ?n? A???ic t???it??i?s. It w?s ?isc?v???? in ? l??? ??x ?n? ??m?in?? c?m?l?t?, min?s ? c?in ??? ??ch ?? th? w??km?n inv?lv??, ??t?? ??in? s?iz?? ?? th? l?n??wn??’s ??ili??s t? t??n in t? th? C??wn.
S?illin?s H????
D???sit?? n??? Slit?, G?tl?n?, Sw???n. Exc?v?t?? 1999. Th? l????st kn?wn Vikin? h????, this ?n??m??s c?ll?cti?n ?? silv?? w?i?hs in ?t 148 l?s/67 k?. It w?s ??c?v???? in tw? ?????s h?w?v?? it w?s lik?l? ???i?? t???th??. It c?nt?ins 486 silv?? ??m ?in?s which m?k?s ?? 60% ?? th? ?nti?? c?ll?cti?n. With th? ??m ?in?s ?n? ? ??w ?i?c?s ?? h?cksilv?? th??? ??? ?v?? 14,295 c?ins with 14,200 ??in? ?? A???ic ??i?in. L?t?? ?xc?v?ti?ns ?nc?v???? ?vi??nc? ?? ??il?in? ???n??ti?ns ?n? ?l???in? ????n? th? ?in? s??ts, ???nz? sc??? ?i?c?s, ?n? ??mn?nts ?? ch?sts. Lik?l? ????sit?? in th? ninth c?nt???, this h???? is j?st th? l????st ?? m?n? ?in?s ?n G?tl?n?. S? m?n? Vikin? h????s ?n? ????sits ??? ??c?v???? ?n th? isl?n? ?? G?tl?n? th?t ?m?t??? m?t?l ??t?ctin? ??tsi?? ?? ?n ?????v?? sci?nti?ic s??v?? is ??nn??. Th? h???? is in th? c?ll?cti?n ?? th? G?tl?n? M?s??m.
