topography, archaeology, history, conservation and display
Ships and shipbuilding were important elements of Viking culture and a precondition for trade, warfare and conquest. The important excavations at the Viking towns of Hedeby and Schleswig-Holstein revealed a rich body of finds of wrecks and parts o...
As in all the Ships and Boats of the North volumes, they set the highest standards of research, interpretation, and publication. They show how to get the most from every bit of evidence, whether it is a ship part, an old illustration, or the physical settings of the finds.'--Edward Von der Porten"Ships in Scale" (01/01/0001)
Ole Crumlin-Pedersen ( 2011) spent the greater part of his life in charge of Denmark's maritime heritage as a curator of maritime archaeology and ships at the Danish National Museum (1962-2003). In 1993, a major ten-year grant from The Danish National Research Foundation enabled Crumlin-Pedersen to expand the Roskilde institutions into an international research centre, at which maritime archaeology could be studied in its broader archaeological and historical context.