First and foremost, I would like to thank my professors. 118 Natasha Bani-Sadrĥ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper would not have been completed without help from an amazing group of people. 58 Contemporary Ships from Norway Viking Ships The Landing Place at Ribe as Indicated by Ships Objective II: The Location of Ribe s Viking Age Landing Place Methods and Theory Landscape Archaeology Sources of Data The Topography of Ribe from Past to Present Landscapes 67 Natasha Bani-SadrĤ 3.2.1 The Estuary and Wadden Sea The Inland Terrain Current Conditions in the River Historical Course and Conditions of Ribe Å Summary of the Viking Age Physical Landscape Reconstruction The Cultural Landscape Landing Site Selection Sailing Ribe Å Potential Landing Sites in Ribe The Southern Extent of the Town Ditch Ribelund Pajpøt and Ribe s North-West Summary Discussion Conclusion Appendices Appendix A Examples of Ships Contemporary to Ribe Appendix B GIS Data List Appendix C Report for Diving Surveys in Ribe Å 114 Bibliography. Natasha Bani-Sadrģ CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Present Location and Situation Background Early Ribe s Maritime Connections Local Context Site History and History of Investigation The Layout of Early Ribe Aims and Objectives Objectives and Purpose of the Study Objective I: The Form of Ribe s Viking Age Landing Place Methods and Theory The Question of a Landing Place: Terminology The Form of the Landing Place Historical Sources Comparable Archaeological Sites Ships and Shipwrecks Iconographic Sources Written Accounts of Ribe and other Ports of the North in the Viking Age Comparable Sites Dublin York Dorestad Hamburg Kaupang Hedeby Birka Truso Hypothesized Harbour Installations at Ribe Ships as Evidence for Shoreline Structures Iron Age Ships in the North Sea 58 An Anglo-Saxon Type?. Gennem komparative analoge studier og rekonstruktion af landskabet er skibslandingspladsens form og to potentielle steder blevet identificeret. Dette speciale vil fylde hullet ved at analysere en bred vifte af data for at bidrage til en mere fuldstændig forståelse af Ribe som et maritimt område i Vikingetiden.
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Disse har sandsynligvis også været grundlaget for Ribes maritime kulturlandskab, værende de fysiske og kognitive bestanddele som definerer byens orientering mod havet. Fordi Ribe startede som handelsby og var afhængig af især søhandel, kan havnen og dens handelsplads ses som det centrale punkt, byen er udviklet omkring. Dette skaber et stort hul i den nutidlige forståelse af Ribes udvikling i Vikingetiden. Det er delvis fordi den moderne by ligger præcis der, hvor de tidligere byer lå, dog mere fordi den oldtidså og landskabet aldrig er blevet undersøgt med henblik på at finde mulige landingspladser.
ABSTRAKT Ribe er berømt som en vikingeby og som Danmarks ældste havneby ved Nordsøen, men skibenes landingsplads er aldrig blevet fundet.
Through analogical study and landscape reconstruction, the form of the landing place(s) and two potential locations are identified.
This paper aims to fill this gap by analysing a broad variety of data in order to contribute to a more complete understanding of this Viking Age maritime site. As a site predicated on trade, and particularly on international overseas trade, the landing place and associated market can be viewed as the central point for Viking Ribe s spatial settlement and may form the basis for its maritime cultural landscape, the physical and cognitive elements that define the town s orientation to the sea. This represents a significant hole in the present understanding of Ribe s Viking Age occupation. This is partly due to the inaccessibility to the archaeological record, caused by the placement of the modern town squarely overtop of its predecessors, but more so to the ancient surrounding river- and landscape never having been investigated with a view towards potential landing places. 1 A Study of the Evidence for the Viking Age Harbour at Ribe, Denmark Natasha Bani-Sadr Master s thesis submitted to the Maritime Archaeology Programme Department of History University of Southern Denmark June 2016Ģ ABSTRACT Ribe is famed as the earliest Viking Age town and North Sea port within the borders of modern Denmark, however, the landing place for ships has never been located.