Mapping the Viking Age World

Historical, Archaeological, and Environmental Mapping project of the early Viking Age, c. 790-920 | PhD project | @tenayajorgensen | @TCEHTCD | @TCD

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The Vikings hardly burst onto the scene in 793 - here is a Timelapse of all contemporary references to Norse activity during the '1st generation' of the Viking Age, 777-819.

Red = violent
Blue = diplomatic
Purple = civil strife

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Looking for general surveys of the Swedish burial landscape during the Viking Age/Late Iron Age

Price 2008 is a good start, but rather too general for my needs

Please and thank you!

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@DrVMcAlister @DragonsNThings @meg_smith0913 Definitely interested!

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This bougie Viking Age disc-type brooch caught my eye during some compilation work, and I believe it needs to be shared.

https://t.co/FLBQHbnIU5

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Sometimes the best thing to do is to turn the map... and sometimes you just drive yourself crazy

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@papgleeson Brilliant! Cheers Patrick!

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Can anyone think of a good map of the Danelaw that they trust (ie, citable source)?

All my books on the Vikings in England are still at the office 🙄

#medievaltwitter #historicalGIS #Vikings

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@CCooijmans This is great! Thank you!

Yes the shifting boundaries are problematic - for Ireland, England, and Francia - during the 9th century especially. Hence my desire to not have to trace them all out myself!

Thanks again for this resource!

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On the hunt for 9th century Irish/English (British)/Frankish kingdom boundary shape files (or similar) for GIS.

Can't find anything Open Access and I - a lazy PhD - do not want to trace these out myself.

Any leads?

#medievaltwitter #historicalGIS

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@tookiebunten Patience, sir

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@CCooijmans I've thought about something similar, but been worried about readable it would. But it works well for you?

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Methodology question for those who also map history:

Do you map general references? For instance, "Some pirates attacked parts of Frisia" - too broad to geolocate a specific location. But how to show this on a map?

Any discussion would be most appreciated!

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@ScrivenerSmith @meg_smith0913 @DiggingCH Oh thank you! I'll have a look at this!

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@meg_smith0913 Thank you! So far I've not been mapping these general references, but discussing the events in the written analysis - it's important to remind the reader/viewer that the maps aren't reflective, but it's so frustrating!

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Exciting PhD at the University of Stavanger in Iron and Viking Age ship technology! https://t.co/TZSUdPigtQ

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@DragonsNThings There are so many raids along the rivers and the loughs - so churches which are less that 500m from the banks. Then, of course, you get the outliers like Armagh and Glendalough. The average is kind of skewed from these two. Most are less than 1km.

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@DragonsNThings HOW EMBARRASSING! 1.7km 😳