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Hurstwic: Preliminary Experiment #2
In preparation for Hurstwic's Fire Festival in July at Eiríksstaðir, we have conducted a number of preliminary experiments. At the festival, we will use experimental archaeology to investigate the common Viking-age battle tactic of attacking an opponent by setting fire to his longhouse.
The nuances of this kind of attack are described in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/H-hUxbpFjqM/v-deo.html
The importance of the door in this kind of attack is described in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/bQ-TmFmoeSw/v-deo.html
This progress report discusses our second test burn and what we learned from that experiment. We built a replica of the door and framing elements around the door for a Viking-age turfhouse to test how easily the fire moves from the kindling on the outside, through the door, and into the interior framing elements of the house.
This burn was conducted before our more detailed tests, with a more accurate representation of the framing elements, summarized in an earlier video:
ua-cam.com/video/LDUsSX_1lC8/v-deo.html
The Fire Festival is a festival of experimental archaeology, which will be held at the center of experimental archaeology in Iceland: the reconstructed Viking-age turfhouse at Eiríksstaðir on July 5-7, 2024. More information is on the webpage for the festival.
www.hurstwic.com/fire/
#hurstwic #eiriksstadir #viking #firefestival
The nuances of this kind of attack are described in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/H-hUxbpFjqM/v-deo.html
The importance of the door in this kind of attack is described in this video:
ua-cam.com/video/bQ-TmFmoeSw/v-deo.html
This progress report discusses our second test burn and what we learned from that experiment. We built a replica of the door and framing elements around the door for a Viking-age turfhouse to test how easily the fire moves from the kindling on the outside, through the door, and into the interior framing elements of the house.
This burn was conducted before our more detailed tests, with a more accurate representation of the framing elements, summarized in an earlier video:
ua-cam.com/video/LDUsSX_1lC8/v-deo.html
The Fire Festival is a festival of experimental archaeology, which will be held at the center of experimental archaeology in Iceland: the reconstructed Viking-age turfhouse at Eiríksstaðir on July 5-7, 2024. More information is on the webpage for the festival.
www.hurstwic.com/fire/
#hurstwic #eiriksstadir #viking #firefestival
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Hurstwic: Comparison of Test Burns of Viking-age Turfhouses
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Hurstwic is using experimental archaeology to investigate the common Viking-age battle tactic of attacking an opponent by setting fire to his longhouse. The testing will culminate in a Fire Festival at Eiríksstaðir in Iceland in July. In preparation for the festival, we have conducted a series of test burns, both on full-size structures, and on scale models of Viking-age turfhouses. The attack ...
Hurstwic: Preliminary Experiment number 4
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In preparation for Hurstwic's Fire Festival in July at Eiríksstaðir, we have conducted a number of preliminary experiments. This video is a progress report, detailing one experiment and what we learned from that experiment. We are using experimental archaeology to investigate the common Viking-age battle tactic of attacking an opponent by setting fire to his longhouse. The nuances of this kind ...
Hurstwic / Eiríksstaðir Fire Festival: The Tactic of Burning the Longhouse
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In our upcoming fire festival, we intend to analyze in detail the commonly-used Viking-age battle tactic of burning an opponent in his longhouse. At a public festival at Eiríksstaðir in July, we plan to use experimental archaeology to test the tactic on the kind of wood-and-turf houses common in Viking-age Iceland. The house structures we build for the festival will be instrumented with sophist...
Hurstwic and Eiríksstaðir Fire Festival: Science
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In order to test the commonly-used Viking-age battle tactic of burning down the longhouse, we plan to conduct a wide range of tests using sophisticated scientific measurements in a public festival of experimental archaeology in July. Several Viking-age house structures will be built, instrumented with measurement apparatus, and then burned. We will be joined by a team of graduate students from ...
Hurstwic Fire Festival: The Importance of the Door
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In the Viking age, a go-to battle tactic was to burn down an opponent's longhouse. Much of the burning activities took place at the door, both for the attackers outside, and for the defenders inside. Hurstwic will hold a festival of experimental archaeology to scientifically test this battle tactic. Our testing has been on-going since 2023 to prepare for the festival. On July 5-7, 2024, we will...
Hurstwic: Eldhátíð / Fire Festival Announcement
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In the Viking age, a go-to battle tactic was to burn down an opponent’s longhouse. Hurstwic will hold a festival of experimental archaeology to scientifically test this battle tactic. Several Viking-age house structures will be built, instrumented with measurement apparatus, and then burned in a public festival at Eiríksstaðir in Iceland on July 5-7, 2024. We hope you will join us in this adven...
Hurstwic: Kynningarmyndband fyrir Eldhátíð
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Kynningarmyndband fyrir Eldhátíð, takið frá daginn!
Hurstwic: Teaser announcement for Eldhátíð/Fire Festival
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Teaser announcement for Eldhátíð/Fire Festival Save the date!
Hurstwic: Sýsluglíma - wrestling, fishermen, and floating poop
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From ancient times into the 20th century, Icelandic fishermen solved a peculiar problem with a unique form of glíma called sýsluglíma. Glíma was the empty-hand combat system of the Vikings, and in this video, we travel to a location where sýsluglíma was practiced and discuss the bizarre problem it addressed. Links: Hurstwic: www.hurstwic.com Glímusamband Íslands (Glíma Association of Iceland) g...
Hurstwic: Fanghella - the wrestling stones of the Vikings
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The fanghella was a tool used in glíma, the empty-hand combat system of the Vikings. These wrestling stones served to break the back of one's opponent and were used both for combat and for ritual sacrifice. Here is an in-depth look at two historical wrestling stones. Links: Hurstwic: www.hurstwic.com Glímusamband Íslands (Glíma Association of Iceland) glima.is Men of Terror: a comprehensive ana...
Hurstwic: Viking-age iron smelting exhibit at the National Museum of Iceland
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A guided tour of the special exhibit on Viking-age iron smelting now on display at the National Museum of Iceland. The exhibit is based on Hurstwic's research in this field that altered the vision of history by demonstrating that long-held and widely-taught beliefs were faulty. Links: Link to special exhibit information www.thjodminjasafn.is/english/for-visitors/the-national-museum/visitor-info...
Hurstwic: Sacrificial blót stones of Iceland
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Sacrificial blót stones of Iceland a presentation and discussion with Kári Pálsson at the Hurstwic heathen study group In this presentation, Kári Pálsson discusses the research he did for his thesis at the University of Iceland on the concept of blót (sacrifice) practiced by heathens in Viking-age Iceland. Kári looks at the meaning of blót to these ancient people, and how blót could have both a...
Hurstwic: Approaching Old Norse Religions
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Approaching Old Norse religions: What the available sources can tell us about the pre-Christian religions of the North A presentation and discussion with Ólöf Bjarnadóttir at the Hurstwic Heathen Study Group The two main written sources on Old Norse, pre-Christian religions are the Eddic poems and Snorra Edda written in Iceland in the early thirteenth century, a time when Iceland, along with mo...
Hurstwic: Occult Archaeology - magic and runes in continuum
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Occult Archaeology is a presentation by Teresa Dröfn Freysdóttir Njarðvík at a meeting of the Hurstwic Heathen study group. Runes and magic blend, and their use extends well beyond the Viking age in northern Europe. In this presentation, Teresa discusses her current research into runes, magic, and the archaeology of the occult, such as the grave finds of a völva (Viking-age seeress). Teresa is ...
Hurstwic: Converting Bloomery Iron to Steel in a Hearth Furnace
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Hurstwic: Converting Bloomery Iron to Steel in a Hearth Furnace
Hurstwic Podcast Episode 5: The Craftsman’s Hand
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Hurstwic Podcast Episode 5: The Craftsman’s Hand
Hurstwic Podcast Episode 4: Train As You Fight
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Hurstwic Podcast Episode 4: Train As You Fight
Hurstwic: Mead Making - Then and Now
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Hurstwic: Mead Making - Then and Now
Hurstwic: Trailer for "The Final Battle of Grettir the Strong"
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Hurstwic: Trailer for "The Final Battle of Grettir the Strong"
Grettir's Fighting: teaser trailer #6
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Grettir's Fighting: teaser trailer #6
Grettir's Manuscript: teaser trailer #5
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Grettir's Manuscript: teaser trailer #5
How to Kill a Viking Ghost: teaser trailer #4
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How to Kill a Viking Ghost: teaser trailer #4
Given the fact that germans and Danes lived side by side for centuries from the dark ages to the 1800s, it seems highly likely that kampfringen and glima are probably the same system or there is a high degree of overlap, especially with unarmed techniques.
This is now on the *_Minds_*_ platform_
Hello from alaska usa
I realy looking forward to see more of the experiments!
Well my initial plan was to be there but unfortunately that can't happen. But I'll be there in spirit.
This was genuinely interesting! In modern reconstructions, Viking houses does not often hawe chimneys (however, i think some, but not all, of them actualy had wooden or hide chimneys at least in the north in order to keep more of the warm air inside during the winter season but not hawing to breath smooke it ojne needed to stand up, in a small shed where people mostly sat down inside that does not seem to had been a big deal with the smooke collecting under the rooof, but i imagine it was in a large house because in historical times foresters, coalers, hunters and other such cabins had a wooden hood chimney to avoid breathing in too much smooke, while the Finish "Ria" did just had a small hole under the roof), so i think this pattern could probably be applied to a larger structure. For an arson situation i think this is probably as it was, but for a accidental fire i see as shown here that one could if one where laucky had a opportynity to escape by crawling on the floor as in a modern emergency excersise. I wonder how much of this could also be applied to a tent fire in a hide tent, housefire seem to had been relatively rare by accident, but tentfire caused by dry padding from vegetable material on the floor seem to had been even more feared among people who lived nomadic life, like the Same people, so they newer let small children alone in the tent for that reson if it could be avoided. Jusat my spontanuos taughts, i realy look forward to follow those experiments!
A big defence they could use inside is have alot of water ready. To throw up on roof and true cracks around the top of the door. And it could keep the fire low for a longer time at least.
The sources suggest that instead of water, they used readily available mysa (sour whey) to attempt to extinguish the flames from the inside. It is something we will be testing at the Fire Festival, and is discussed in this video: ua-cam.com/video/H-hUxbpFjqM/v-deo.html
you have 6 minutes to not die by fire. [?!]
It is usualy the smooke that kills people whan one does breath in the combination of carbon monoxide which permanently block the red blood cells from taking up oxygen and carbondioxide which make one dizzy and sleepy so if it happens in the night, many people just newer wake up in a fire because of that even if their body survive the heat from the fire it self.
But, yes, from what i could see here it seem to had been possible to get a few minutes crawl out on the floor if one was awake and alert in case of an accidental fire where the door is not blocked.
@@sheep1ewe ayyy that. it reminds me of the [ROFLMAO] with Calvin & Hobbes meme, & someone changed it to [rolling on floor on fire...throw a wet blanket] {ROFOF}
@@Sir-Cyr_Rill-Nil-Mill "A fire! Oh, Boy! Can't wait! When do they pass out the Gasoline? Oh, in the fireplace."
This is so interesting! I wish we had this project back when I was at WPI!
It sounds like the Gods were representative of human aspirations, afterall wouldn't every human of their time prefer to be a God? And these lessons show how humans will not attain that status, no matter how hard they try. Such as how they will never be immortal, as in how "old age brings every mortal to their knees".
"this is a dead religion"... Ignores the thousands (maybe millions) of people practicing Modern Heathenry today. There is an Asatru temple under construction in Iceland! Yes the sagas, eddas, etc present contradictions. Have you read the Christian Bible? LOL. It's rife with contradictions. Is neo paganism identical to 9th century Norse practice? No. But all religions change over time. HumanS remake their religions though time.
If I didn’t have plans I couldn’t change, I would buy a ticket right now. Will you be doing any more of these? I will keep my calendar open if so. This is the dream.
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Exciting! Will there be any recordings done for those of us who can’t get to Iceland?
Plans are not finalized, but we hope to live stream the experiments at the event.
Great! Hope it works out!
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Just found out I'm DNA matched to 1 of the males buried in the ship
A few corrections...the Heathen religion absolutely had rules and cultural norms it wasn't a free for all.Another thing is that the Gods are not mortal in the way humans are and while Heathen beliefs were fluid they had answer's for many questions they were not dumb
This was great. Thanks!
we know, the thing is that he dont know
In modern Danish, the words "troldmand" ("troll man") or "troldkvinde" ("troll woman") refers to a wizard or witch, and never refers to trolls as mythological creatures. It's never been clear to me that there's a connection between the troll as a mythological creature and the terms "troll man" or "troll woman." It's all fairly confusing but in my personal, modern Danish understanding, references to a "troll man" wouldn't seem to mean and "actual" troll, but some kind of wizard person.
This is excellent. I'm going to watch the whole lot now.
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What is he banging on about u can travel from asygarth to Midgard from Yorkshire
cool video
Loved that. Great approach, interpretations are logic. All makes total sense. Thank you Teresa. ❤
This is a proper content worth watching and I only wonder why so little views.
Iceland has a population of around 300,000 but has more authors and publishes more books per head of population than anywhere else in the world. I wonder if their love of stories and poetry has a Celtic influence. A great number of Icelanders were Irish, Scots and British, sometimes slaves given freedom and setting up new lives for themselves. Melkorka is a fine example in Laxdæla saga. I think this mix of Celtic and Nordic made Iceland unique. And both cultures believed in elves of some kind.
Ive heard that someone did this and broke a man in two halves. I have heard some say this is viking fiction but I doubt they would have made something like that up. Its surely possible. I once saw a man jump in front of a train where he bounced back flying into a light post 10m away being ripped in half just like that. Would be cool to see in a viking movie anyway. Its like some mortal combat finisher IRL.
makes me wonder why they didn't just go about trying to produce crucible steel if they were capable of getting temperatures high enough to melt steel.
The pointy ears is brittish, never mentioned in swedish folklore
Keep up the good work..
So todays sýslumaðurinn are past poop handlers😅 ?
The theory is that Sýslumaður was a super negative title for Icelanders. Sýslumaður was the title of an official under the king, we first saw them when we lost our independence and the king started to meddle into the business of Icelanders.
@reynira.5827 and today it's a local sheriff xD
two men working together threw me. The Elephant Poop takes two men! Shouts, Shoves, Song & Mush
passing through
Go Reynir! We need to catch up ;)
Awesome lecture ty ❤💖✨️
Wow WWE used to be a LOT more bloodthirsty in the middle ages! 💀
dude its been like years since you guys uploaded!
Interesting and brutal!
Very interesting
Remarkable that a society could survive with so many of its young men of producing age breaking each others spines!
@Carmicha3l So it would seem.
<~~~so happy each time you produce. _|>`or_ (best I can do on a keyboard)
Bravo and thank you for posting! I know its old- but as someone who is NOW getting into the curiosity of the refining craft- THANK YOU! Hopefully you folks post more! Thank you again and SUBSCRIBED
Glad this channel is back!
Very similar to the American/Canadian sod homes of the 1800s
Wonderful exhibit to teach everyone the real story of the Viking Age. I don't fly, waiting for my ship to come in and take me to Iceland...
I don't know why but in Dutch we call the bloom 'wolf'. Maybe because it comes out of a hole? But maybe it has nothing to do with the animal. And comes from the same root as the verb 'welven', to bend.