An Iron Age Horse Bridle Reconstructed: Design, Action and Usability

This article presents the reconstruction of an Iron Age horse bridle, which was done at the Lofotr Viking Museum at Borg, Northern Norway, during June 2009. As a part of my master thesis on Iron Age horse gear and horse skeletal remains from Northern Norway, the results from this reconstruction proj...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laura Bunse
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: EXARC 2012
Subjects:
(re)construction
horse
iron age
norway
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Borg
Norway
Northern Norway
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/96d6fbc1ad5341ce928d38828879afc5
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Summary:This article presents the reconstruction of an Iron Age horse bridle, which was done at the Lofotr Viking Museum at Borg, Northern Norway, during June 2009. As a part of my master thesis on Iron Age horse gear and horse skeletal remains from Northern Norway, the results from this reconstruction project made an important contribution to the understanding and analysis of the archaeological material.

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