TY - JOUR

T1 - The Vordingborg Boat

T2 - Investigation, Presentation and Interpretation of a 14th-Century Boat-Find from Vordingborg Castle, Denmark

AU - Daly, Aoife

AU - Jouttijärvi, Arne

AU - Meldgaard Sass Jensen, Lars

AU - Nicolajsen, Tom

AU - Ravn, Morten

N1 - Funding Information: Aoife Daly’s research project Northern Europe’s Timber Resource–Chronology, Origin and Exploitation (TIMBER) has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 677152). Thanks to Christian Lemée for his detailed excavation rapport. Thanks to Vibeke Bischoff for building the reconstruction model and for commenting on article drafts. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Nautical Archaeology Society.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - In 2012, a mechanical excavator unearthed the remains of a 14th-century boat while restoring the moat at Vordingborg Castle, Denmark. The boat-find was documented and both dendrochronological and metallurgical investigations were conducted. The trees that were used to build the boat were felled 1355–1366 in the region around Gdańsk, Poland. However, the building of the boat was probably conducted near Vordingborg Castle in the second half of the 14th century. It is suggested that the boat was built, mainly using imported leftover materials originally intended for crafting the castle’s interior features. Concluding the article, we discuss 14th-century Baltic timber trade.

AB - In 2012, a mechanical excavator unearthed the remains of a 14th-century boat while restoring the moat at Vordingborg Castle, Denmark. The boat-find was documented and both dendrochronological and metallurgical investigations were conducted. The trees that were used to build the boat were felled 1355–1366 in the region around Gdańsk, Poland. However, the building of the boat was probably conducted near Vordingborg Castle in the second half of the 14th century. It is suggested that the boat was built, mainly using imported leftover materials originally intended for crafting the castle’s interior features. Concluding the article, we discuss 14th-century Baltic timber trade.

KW - 14th-century Baltic power politics

KW - 14th-century boat-find

KW - 14th-century boatbuilding

KW - Denmark

KW - exploitation of resources

KW - medieval timber trade

KW - Vordingborg Castle

U2 - 10.1080/10572414.2021.1943406

DO - 10.1080/10572414.2021.1943406

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85111708380

VL - 50

SP - 97

EP - 115

JO - International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

JF - International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

SN - 1057-2414

IS - 1

ER -