Joining the European multi-millions moving south and meeting the multi-millions moving north to escape an expanding Sahara...
A new #MigrationPeriod?

#medieval #lateantiquity #middleages #britishhistory #migrationperiod #vendelperiod #lincolnshire

#anglosaxon #medieval #earlymedieval #vendelperiod (way cooler than #viking #roman #ironage) #migrationperiod #middleages #medievalart #jewellery #filligree #weaving #tabletweaving #plantdyed #wool #craft #historiccostume #livinghistory #reenactment #kent #history #archaeology

The eagle claw from Gamla Skogsby. The claw measures 27 mm from the joint surface to the tip. Photo: Linn Karlsson Reinhold

Plan of the Iron Age longhouse oriented in east-west direction, with the find spot of the raptor claw marked by the middle of the northern wall. By Magdalena Svensson-Frey

#OpenAccess #Archaeology
Papmehl-Dufay, L., Karlsson Reinhold, L., & Ericson, P. G. P. (2025). En rovfågelsklo från Gamla Skogsby på Öland.
[Eng sum: A raptor claw from Gamla Skogsby and what it reveals about the elites]
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#IronAge #Osteology #MigrationPeriod

#anglosaxon #saxon #medieval #earlymedieval #migrationperiod #middleages #historiccostume #earlychurch #roman #celtic #lateroman #christianity #vestments #livinghistory #reenactment #archaeology #textiles #craft #textilearchaeology

They can be unlaced & pressed flat again, to provide a perfectly sized template for making their replacements.

#anglosaxon #saxon #ironage #migrationperiod #vendelperiod #historiccostume #shoes #leatherwork #leather #craft #archaeology #livinghistory #reenactment #suttonhoo #merovingian #roman

One-piece shoes by member Marc Smith based upon the 3rd-4th century shoes found at Obenaltendorf, Germany in 1895. Shoes of this type — represented by many finds from anaerobic bogs (so sometimes called “bog shoes”) — were used across Europe during the #IronAge & #MigrationPeriod…

#anglosaxon #saxon (much cooler than #viking #Vikings) #knifemaking #knife #seax #frankish #merovingian #patternwelding #patternwelded #leatherwork #forging #smithing #swords #craft #medieval #earlymedieval #vendelperiod #middleages #migrationperiod #lateantiquity #livinghistory #reenactment

The Deer Hunter of Fallward, and his Throne of the Marsh Close to a terp named Fallward near the village of Wremen in the region of Land Wursten, archaeologists discovered a unique site offering a rare glimpse into the world of the Migration Period. A vi…

A unique glimpse into the world of the Old Saxons before they started to move west. #MigrationPeriod

Thegns of Mercia at Sutton Hoo in summer 2024; we will return in spring 2025! (Date to be announced). Pictured; members Æd and Andrew Thompson, photo credit: AHLewis.

#earlymedieval #medieval #anglosaxon (cooler than #viking #vikings) #migrationperiod #livinghistory #archaeology #reenactment