Conference Presentation: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, ‘The Great Viking Fake Off: Norse Forgeries in America’
Conference Presentation
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough (Durham University), ‘ The Great Viking Fake Off: Norse Forgeries in America’. Chaired by Alison Killilea. Presentation at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Rediscovering the Vikings: Reception, Recovery, Engagement
World-Tree Project
26/11/2016
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
© Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough CC BY NC
MP4
English
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2927
North America
United States
Modern
The Vinland Map
Map drawing
The Vinland Map is a mappa mundi that depicts Vinland, the Viking name for America. It first came to light in 1957 when it was offered for sale by an anonymous private library. It was thought to date from the mid-fifteenth century, and to be based on a thirteenth century original.
If authentic, it would show that Europeans were aware of America before Columbus sailed there. However, opinion is divided on its authenticity, with the consensus currently erring towards agreement that it is not
Unknown
Yale University
Yale University
07/09/2007
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(c) Yale University Press (Yale University, <a href="https://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2002/bnlpr072902a.htm" target="_blank">from this website</a>) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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English
PhysicalObject
Fifteenth century, thirteenth century, modern, Vinland, USA, America
Forged Vlfberht Swords
News media coverage of . . Viking swords
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/27/archaeology-vikings-sword" target="_blank">An account in The Guardian</a> (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to the Wallace Collection, where it was found to be a fake. The sword was not of the same high quality as the genuine swords from Ulfberht's forge. This led to further analysis of other swords, and the discovery that many were not of the high quality associated with the Ulfberht swords. Clearly there was a lot of forgery going on.
Maev Kennedy
The Guardian
The Guardian
27/12/2008
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(c) Guardian News and Media Limited
Website
English
Website
Viking Age, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
Vikings in Australia
News Web sites
<a href="http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/australia-archaeologists-unearth-ruins-of-viking-trade-center/" target="_blank">A report of a Viking trade centre</a> in Western Australia was posted on the faux news site World Daily News Report. This report was more easily seen through than the report of a Viking ship in Tennessee from the same site, but it still had people talking.
World Daily News Report
World Daily News Report
World Daily News Report
20/08/2015
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(c) 2015 New World Order Media
Website
English
Website
Modern, Derby, Western Australia
The Kensington Runestone
Photograph - Archaeological Remains
The Kensington runestone is one of several runestones found in the American Midwest. Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered it in 1898 near Kensington, Minnesota. The stone describes an expedition by Swedes and Norwegians to the area in the fourteenth century.
Scholarly opinion holds that it is a fake, and perhaps an attempt by recent Scandinavian immigrants to claim acceptance in the area by virtue of their ancestry. However, there are still a small number of people who seek to prove its authenticity.
Louise Lund Larsen
George Flom, <em>The Kensington Rune-Stone : an address</em> (Illinois State Historical Society, 1910)
Illinois State Historical Society
1910
Administrator
Public Domain
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English, Swedish
StillImage
19th century, modern, USA, Minnesota, Kensington, Solem, Douglas County
Viking ship discovered in Tennessee
News - Spoof
The World Daily News Report produced a story on August 13th 2014 that a <a href="http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/usa-viking-ship-discovered-near-mississipi-river/" target="_blank">Viking longship had been found in Tennessee</a>. This was a spoof report that was quickly picked up by people and passed around as if true.
World Daily News Report
World Daily News Report
World Daily News Report
13/08/2014
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(c) New World Order Media
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English
Website
Modern, USA, Tennessee