Open AccessTurfs and timbers
Author(s) -
Morten Fischer Mortensen,
Claudia Baittinger,
Jonas Christensen,
Anne Birgitte Nielsen,
S. Vestergaard Nielsen,
Anders Pihl,
Lisbeth PrøschDanielsen,
Morten O. Ravn,
Søren M. Sindbæk,
Jens Ulriksen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
danish journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2166-2290
pISSN - 2166-2282
DOI - 10.7146/dja.v10i0.121918
Subject(s) - fortress (chess) , resource (disambiguation) , geography , prehistory , archaeology , java , land cover , land use , environmental resource management , environmental science , civil engineering , history , engineering , computer science , ancient history , computer network , programming language
Viking Age ring fortresses were some of the largest construction projects in Danish prehistory. In this article we reconstruct the amount of turf and timber used in the construction of the Borgring ring fortress and estimate the resource area needed to supply the building materials. Using REVEALS pollen data modelling, we quantify the regional oak land cover and estimate the resource area. The results show that even though Borgring was built in an open cultural landscape, sufficient supply of oak for the construction would have been accessible within a few kilometres from the fortress.