Polite trading with early Vikings? Scandinavian trade 'triggered' the Viking Age
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Archaeologists suggest that the dawn of the Viking Age may have been much earlier -- and less violent -- than previously believed. The new study shows that the early Vikings from Norway had access to large quantities of reindeer antlers and sold them to craftworkers in Southern Scandinavia.