This paper reviews the achievements and challenges of archaeological research on Viking
Age northern Europe and explores potential avenues for future research. We identify the …

Maritime archaeological investigations of the wreck of the medieval warship Gribshunden
(1495), flagship of King Hans of Denmark and Norway, have revealed diverse artifacts …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance The Norse berserkers were wild warriors of
Scandinavia known to enter a trance-like state that allowed them to fight with increased …

In this paper, past plant knowledge serves as a case study to highlight the promise and
challenges of interdisciplinary data collection and interpretation in cultural evolution. Plants …

Although one would assume that finding any local cultivars in home gardens in a modern
society such as Sweden is unlikely, such cultivars were in fact found. More than 170 seed …

Black elder, Sambucus nigra, is a non-native but now partly naturalized shrub in Sweden; it
has been cultivated here at least since the Middle Ages. Previously, this plant was …

In Europe, agriculture is highly dependent on imported soybean from South America.
Potential alternative sources are protein from peas (Pisum sativum L.) or more local sources …

Viking Age Brew brings beer history alive and takes readers on a lavishly illustrated tour of
rustic brewhouses fueled by wood and passion. Sahti is a Nordic farmhouse ale that is still …

This paper investigates the indications of horticulture on farmsteads in southern Scandinavia
(Denmark and southern Sweden) during the Middle Ages (AD 1000–1500). It is well known …

This paper focuses on a ritual of covering the dead with seeds of plants: poppy and field
mustard. This habit is recorded in Slavic folkloristic-ethnographic sources and is considered …