true or false: most viking blades where frankish

Jeff Pringle · 29th September 2008, 05:39 AM

I think much of the older ideas on this subject are being overwritten, but with a hefty grant one could compare trace element analyses of metal and slag inclusions (via non-invasive XRF or similar) between swords and smelting sites, and get a rather definitive answer.
These two papers are just the tip of the current research iceberg:

Indigenous and imported Viking Age weapons in Norway, a problem with European implications
Martens, Irmelin
http://www.archaeometry.dk/Jern/Mart...plications.pdf

The Vlfberht sword blades reevaluated
ANNE STALSBERG
http://jenny-rita.org/Annestamanus.pdf

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29th September 2008, 05:39 AM	#12
Jeff Pringle Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 189	I think much of the older ideas on this subject are being overwritten, but with a hefty grant one could compare trace element analyses of metal and slag inclusions (via non-invasive XRF or similar) between swords and smelting sites, and get a rather definitive answer. These two papers are just the tip of the current research iceberg: Indigenous and imported Viking Age weapons in Norway, a problem with European implications Martens, Irmelin http://www.archaeometry.dk/Jern/Mart...plications.pdf The Vlfberht sword blades reevaluated ANNE STALSBERG http://jenny-rita.org/Annestamanus.pdf