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Coordinates: 55 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 42 ′ 20 ″ E
| Iron Age settlement of Dankirke | ||
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| location | Jutland , Denmark | |
| Location | at Egebæk | |
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| When | 2nd century BC BC to 8th century AD | |
| Where | near Egebæk , Jutland / Denmark | |
| displayed | partly in the Ribe VikingeCenter and in the Ribe Viking Museum | |
Dankirke is an Iron Age settlement, 400 m west of Egebæk , near the North Sea and near Ribe in the southwest of Jutland , in Denmark . It was found by chance while searching for Viking traces in the settlement of Ribe. Two small areas with a total of 3000 m² were excavated between 1965 and 1970. The finds date from the 2nd century BC. BC to the 8th century AD. The inventory of the Germanic Iron Age (in Central Europe the Roman Empire and the Migration Period ) is impressive.
Only one house was excavated in the eastern area. There were pits and post holes in the northeast of the house. In the west five houses and four wells have been at least partially excavated. Houses VIII, IV, III, VII and V (Va and Vb) represent the sequence of settlements in chronological order. Rich finds in House V, where mainly metal and glass artefacts were discovered, have led to the assessment that Dankirke was a power- and was a trading center. At the same time Gudme existed on Funen , variety Muld on Bornholm , Åhus and Uppåkra near Lund and Helgö and Maletofta in Sweden, and centers on Öland and Gotland (e.g. Fröjel and Paviken ).
Both the inventory and house plans identify it as a place comparable to similar centers of early trading. The amount of finds also comes from the time when the trading centers on the Baltic Sea existed. As in eastern Denmark, no reason can be given for the start of trade. Agricultural production and cattle breeding must have prevailed in southwest Jutland. But growth in other professions can also be observed in the region. Traces of iron production have been found in Drengsted not far from Dankirke. The place consisted of almost 200 ovens, which far exceeded local needs. Dankirke lost its importance in the 7th century. This makes it important to provide documentation of the excavation and the finds, which were never complete. The Ribe VikingeCenter and the Ribe Viking Museum show some of the finds .
See also
literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , pp. 98-99.
- Kirsten Bendixen, Ulla Lund Hansen, Elise Thorvildsen: Dankirke. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 5, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1984, ISBN 3-11-009635-8 , pp. 248-253.
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 107.