Making Place for a Viking Fortress. An archaeological and geophysical reassessment of Aggersborg, Denmark

Table of Contents

• Summary
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures

• 1. Viking-age Aggersborg
  • 1.1 The site and investigations
  • 1.2 The circular fortress
  • 1.3 The pre-fortress settlement
  • 1.4 A special site?
• 2. The Surveys
  • 2.1 The use of geophysics in Scandinavian archaeology
  • 2.2 Survey objectives
  • 2.3 Methods used
  • 2.4 Ground conditions
• 3. Data Collection and Processing
  • 3.1 Gradiometry survey
  • 3.2 GPR survey
• 4. Results and Interpretation
  • 4.1 Geological features and modern disturbances
  • 4.2 Ditches, drains and roads
  • 4.3 Discrete magnetic features
  • 4.4 Sunken-featured buildings
  • 4.5 Features relating to the fortress
• 5. Visibility Analysis
• 6. Discussion
  • 6.1 Summary of results
  • 6.2 The significance of the sunken-featured buildings
  • 6.3 Conclusion: making place for a Viking fortress
• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography