[gothic-l] Re: Ship Traffic

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Recently I had the pleasure of reading an essay in
> _Experiment and Design_, Oxford 1999 on the
> attempts in Roskilde, Denmark, to reconstruct
> in full scale the Early Iron Age Hjortspring ship,
> from 350 - 300 BC. The group building the replica is
> in close contact with Roskilde.
>
> When completed the replicait could, one can suppose, be of
> interest in checking possible traffic across the Baltic Sea
> and the North Sea say 500 - 0 BC. Such experiments is of great
interest,
> especially in relation to Gothic migration, and I hope
> to bring more info. One contribution is that of
> K. Valbjoern, "The Hjortspring boat under reconstruction,
> Maritime Archaeology Newsletter from Roskilde, Denmark,
> 6, pp. 17-18.
>
> Gothically
>
> Bertil



Here is a picture of the boat in action ....

http://home6.inet.tele.dk/hjortspr/

and some describtions ...

http://home6.inet.tele.dk/hjortspr/boat.htm


cheers,
Dirk






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