Week 9 : Daily life
Transportation
- Graham-Campbell and Valor 261-285; Carver and Klapste 328-339
- see an image of the Pilgrim's Way across the North Downs (England); for an (authentic) example of medieval road, see the Vöhingen Ditch (Germany)
- see examples of early medieval spurs, stirrups, and horseshoes
- see the wagon and the sledge found in the ship burial in Oseberg (Norway)
- note the differences between clinker and carvel methods of shipbuilding; see a diagram of the lapstrake method of shipbuilding
- see the Hedeby 3 and the Oseberg ships, as well as the 1893 replica of the Gokstad ship
- for examples of logboats, see the Nydam dugout boats
- see a short description of the cog
- see reconstructions of the Yassi Ada and Serçe Limani ships
- see an example of lateen sail
Midterm
Pottery, glassware, dress
- Graham-Campbell and Valor 237-259; Carver and Klapste 277-315
- see an example of rilling most typical for wheel-made pottery and an example of a tournette, as well as an example of open pottery firing by means of bonfire
- see examples of Pingsdorf ware, stoneware, glazed ware, and stamped ware
- see a Frankish funnel beaker and glass horn with reticella decoration, as well as a Hedwig beaker
- see a Romanesque aquamanile and a portion of the Mästermyr tool-chest
- see examples of bone styli from Novgorod and the chess set from the island of Lewis
- for an example of polychrome style, see a sixth-century fibula from Spain
