[Northkeep] [Fwd: FW: Viking News]

[Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner]

This message came from a gentleman from whom we have purchased books in 
the past.  I thought I'd post it just in case anyone has the time or 
inclination to join or follow the work being done.

Ismet

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carlsson [mailto:info at arkeodok.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 5:00 AM
> To: VikingHistory at arkeodok.com
> Subject: Viking News
> 
> Dear Viking friends,
> Summer time again, at least in the northern hemisphere. Time 
> for excavations of Viking sites in other words. Our long 
> excavation time of the Viking harbour at Frojel, Gotland, 
> finished last year, to give way to analyses and time to 
> publish the results. But there will be minor excavations this 
> summer at Spillings, where the worlds biggest silver hoard 
> was found in 1999. And there will also be two weeks 
> excavation at Västergarn churchyard to try to find the Viking 
> heritage at the site.
> 
> I will keep you updated about the results of these 
> excavations. In the meantime, I would like to inform you 
> about a new excavation project starting next summer (2007) 
> here on Gotland (Viking Discovery Programme). These 
> excavations will be devoted to get a better understanding of 
> the Viking Age farm an its setting, something that is not 
> very well known. These excavations will take place as 
> international excavation courses open to participation from 
> archaeologists as well as amateurs. You will find more 
> informaiton about these, as I see it, fascinating excavations 
> starting 2007 at: http://www.arkeodok.com/index1.html.
> 
> I am taking a year off from my work at Gotland University, 
> starting 1 of July this year, to get more time to publish and 
> to spread information about Vikings. Sorry to say, having a 
> full time teachers job at a university doesn't work with the 
> idea of making for instance new CD-R about Viking history. 
> So, time has come to concentrate on the matter of spreading 
> information about Vikings. And as a step in that direction, I 
> hope to be able to publish a new CD-R about bone and antler 
> work in Viking Age in a month. I need to take some more 
> photos of needle cases, befoe I can compile the results.
> 
> But as said, interested to join our excavation programme, 
> please let me know, and I would appreciate if you spread the 
> word around about this opportunity.
> 
> Best regards
> Associate Professor
> Dan Carlsson
>