Hurstwic: Viking-age iron smelting exhibit at the National Museum of Iceland

Описание: A guided tour of the special exhibit on Viking-age iron smelting now on display at the National Museum of Iceland. The exhibit is based on Hurstwic's research in this field that altered the vision of history by demonstrating that long-held and widely-taught beliefs were faulty.

Links:

Link to special exhibit information
https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english...

Hurstwic lecture at National Museum of Iceland on experimental archaeology (lecture is in English)
   • Experimental archaeology: putting theories...  

Hurstwic article on Traps and pitfalls of the modern mindset
https://www.hurstwic.com/research/tex...

Interview with Jackson Crawford on iron making and traps and pitfalls of the modern mindset
   • Modern Vikings: Traps and Pitfalls (with @...  

Hurstwic
https://www.hurstwic.com

Men of Terror: a comprehensive analysis of Viking combat (book)
https://www.hurstwic.com/shop/books/m...

National Museum of Iceland
https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english/

Eiríksstaðir
https://eiriksstadir.is/en

0:00 National Museum of Iceland
0:50 Weapons case
2:07 Viking-age iron in Iceland
3:33 Charcoal and ore
5:20 Furnace
7:09 Iron bloom and bar
8:20 Iron artifacts from Viking-age Iceland
8:42 Iron making sites in Iceland
9:25 Iron festival team
10:05 Eiríksstaðir
10:57 Hurstwic research