Jennifer Nalewicki is a Salt Lake City-based journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and more. She covers several science topics from planet Earth to paleontology and archaeology to health and culture. Prior to freelancing, Jennifer held an Editor role at Time Inc.
Dozens of iron rivets scattered around a farmer's field in Norway could be part of a Viking ship burial, archaeologists say.
Now, nearly nine years later, archaeologists have unearthed a total of 70 rivets. Based on the size of the metal pieces, researchers think the rivets were used to hold together wood planks measuring about 8 feet long, suggesting a fairly large Viking Age ship was buried there. Rødsrud estimates that the ship was between 49 and 75 feet long. However, researchers cannot estimate a date for the ship because there is no surviving organic matter they can radiocarbon-date."We've tested the topsoil but haven't found anything yet," Rødsrud said."I would estimate that it's from sometime between A.D. 750 and 1000."
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.In addition to the rivets, archaeologists discovered two horse crampons — spikes that would have been attached to the animals' hooves for traction in"icy conditions.
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