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From the time when Alexander the Great conquered the world and
almost until the Romans lost theirs, a small village in Thy
survived all sorts of challenges, among these climate change,
opening and closing of the Limfjord estuary and possibly wars, in a
location well away from the 'civilised' world. Preserved partly by
the inhabitants continuous use of chalk for floors and forecourts
and partly by subsequently having been covered by accumulating
layers of sand or clay, large amounts of bones, bone tools,
ceramics, metal objects, macrofossils and many other materials have
now been excavated and analysed. This work was done by a small team
consisting of an archaeologist, a zoologist and a couple of experts
in macrofossils. The results considerably widen our knowledge about
husbandry, agriculture, hunting, fishing, bone tool making, metal
work, textiles and much more from the period considered. Important
finds such as whale-bones, a single cockerel, maybe even a donkey
are among the more exotic finds that broaden the bigger picture.
The analysis also shows how the village mound evolved, with houses
being expanded or made smaller, and farms being relocated over
time. The Smedegard publication presents much of what is missing in
terms of our knowledge of many Iron Age settlements in Denmark and
can help the reader to achieve a more vivid impression of life in
the Early Iron Age of Denmark.
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