Archaeologists Discover Viking-Era Settlement and Human Skeletons

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Archaeologists have discovered a Viking-era settlement as well as almost a dozen human skeletons from a later time period during a dig conducted ahead of planned roadwork. "There are a lot of pottery shards and nails, and there are also plenty of animal bone—fish bones, bird bones, for example—so the material is very rich," Martin Malve, one of the researchers and a bone specialist, told ERR.

"We can learn what people ate and which utensils they used. We are also taking soil samples from here, in which we are trying to get plant residue, which should provide us with information about their agricultural practices," Malve said. In addition, the archaeologists unearthed 11 human skeletons in the vicinity of the church wall. These remains are from a later period, and four of them were likely buried in a common grave.

Archaeologists Discover Viking-Era Settlement and Human Skeletons (newsweek.com)

[Alchopwn]

I wonder if these were the infamous Wends of Nordic Sagas?

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20 minutes ago, Alchopwn said:

I wonder if these were the infamous Wends of Nordic Sagas?

I am not familiar with the Wends, at any rate it wasn't mentioned in the Article.

[Alchopwn]

Here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends

Here is a video:

The Wends may also have been the origin of the Beowulf monster Grendel(Wendel) and thus also have some association with the Vandals (but that is a long bow to draw).

What interests me about the find is that the Wends, being Slavs, wouldn't have started in the Germanic areas, and the Baltic states are the most likely area.  The time period seems about right.

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1 hour ago, Alchopwn said:

Here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends

Here is a video:

The Wends may also have been the origin of the Beowulf monster Grendel(Wendel) and thus also have some association with the Vandals (but that is a long bow to draw).

What interests me about the find is that the Wends, being Slavs, wouldn't have started in the Germanic areas, and the Baltic states are the most likely area.  The time period seems about right.

The Wends settled in the same general area of Poland the Vandals lived in. 

The Baltic Curonians were also badass Vikings in their own right too. As were the Finnic Estonians.  

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1 hour ago, Alchopwn said:

Here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends

Here is a video:

The Wends may also have been the origin of the Beowulf monster Grendel(Wendel) and thus also have some association with the Vandals (but that is a long bow to draw).

What interests me about the find is that the Wends, being Slavs, wouldn't have started in the Germanic areas, and the Baltic states are the most likely area.  The time period seems about right.

Wow Al, that's really interesting and surprising that this is the first time I have heard of the Wends. Because I love Viking history because it is part of my family history. My mother and father and those with our family name which isn't common come from Flensburg, Germany which is located on the Flensbuger Forde.

This Forde, boarders both Germany and Denmark and the city of Flensburg, is a very short distance from the Danish boarder. Now, I have family in both Denmark and Germany so both Danish and German blood flows through my veins. Because of this I have always been interested in Viking History, so it's really nice to learn something new.

So, thanks very much for bring this to my attention and I certainly appreciate your knowledge on the subject my friend!

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3 hours ago, Alchopwn said:

Here is the Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends

Here is a video:

The Wends may also have been the origin of the Beowulf monster Grendel(Wendel) and thus also have some association with the Vandals (but that is a long bow to draw).

What interests me about the find is that the Wends, being Slavs, wouldn't have started in the Germanic areas, and the Baltic states are the most likely area.  The time period seems about right.

I just finished watching the Video which I enjoyed, according to it the Wend's are not Vikings. Apparently. they were an entirely different people, with different religious beliefs. Now, understand why I have never heard of them, but hey thanks for introducing me to them, based upon the video they were bad asses that even had the Vikings frightened of!!!