Viking Age Textile Production Hub Discovered in Søften, Denmark
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Richard Whiddington
Summary
Archaeologists have excavated a massive Viking Age settlement in Søften, Denmark, spanning roughly 10 football fields. The site contains 82 pit houses (buried workshop huts) and areas for processing flax, indicating an extensive and organized textile and craft production hub. The year-long dig near Aarhus reveals the settlement was specialized in manufacturing clothing, sailcloth, ropes, and other craft goods, offering new insights into Viking Age industrial-scale production.
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· 3 pulledCovering an area of roughly 10 football fields, the settlement at Søften exhibited an 'extensive and organized' system of production
Archaeologists unearthing 82 pit houses, buried workshop huts which were used to manufacture craft goods
Alongside the pit houses, researchers found areas for processing flax, a plant used in the Viking Age for making clothing, sailcloth, and ropes
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