Ejsbol Mose (Hardback)

Text in German. The book Ejsbøl Mose contains one of Denmark's finest war booty deposits from the Roman and Germanic Iron Age and, like Illerup Ådal, it has been investigated exclusively using modern methods. Finds from the site include iron weapons, i.e. swords, lances and spears, shields, equestrian equipment, personal effects, precious metals, boat rivets etc. There have been two major excavations in the bog, in 1955-64 and 1997-99, resulting in the recovery of around 3000 artefacts ─ about 1500 in each case. This volume presents a new typological, chronological, scientific and cultural-historical analysis of the finds from both campaigns, as well as an account of the finds from the 1997-99 excavation, complete with catalogue and plates. The book concludes with a discussion of the military capability of the respective forces.