What is it about?
Metal-detected data has helped to transform our view of early-medieval settlement in England over there past 30 years. Much of that data, naturally, comes via metallic finds. This paper presents a different example: a Viking comb made of bone (antler) from East Anglia. We look at its shape and decoration, and use scientific techniques to visualise it and work out what it is made from and where it came from.
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Why is it important?
It adds a new chapter to our understanding of Vikings in Eastern England, as it is clear evidence of contact with Scandinavia at a time when there is not a lot of similar evidence.
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This page is a summary of: The Portable Antiquities Scheme and the potential of non-metallic finds: A Viking Comb from Shotley, Suffolk, Internet Archaeology, December 2023, Council for British Archaeology,
DOI: 10.11141/ia.61.11.
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