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July 16, 2020The Oseberg ship during excavation in 1904. No other viking ship has been excavated since 1904, until Gjellestad in 2020.
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July 16, 2020The Gjellestad ship as it appeared on the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scan in 2018.
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July 16, 2020Microscopy of wood decayed by lichen hyphae (fungal threads). From "Dendrokronologisk analyse" (2019), A. Daly.
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July 16, 2020Microscopy of the transition in the wood between the fungal decay (top) and non-fungal decay (bottom). From "Dendrokronologisk analyse" (2019), A. Daly.
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July 16, 2020Microscopy of soil layer from within the ship, with wood fragments and traces of fungi. From "Dendrokronologisk analyse" (2019), A. Daly.
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July 16, 2020Part of the eastern side of the 2019 survey trench with a section through the Gjellestad ship.
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July 16, 2020The section going through the eastern side of the ship from the 2019 survey trench. Preliminary interpretations of the stratigraphy in situ.
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July 16, 2020The survey trench from the preliminary survey of 2019. The orientation of the ship is marked with a red outline.
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July 16, 2020Glass bead discovered during the sifting of the plough soil, third week of the 2020 excavation. Read more about the glass bead.
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July 16, 2020Removal of the plough soil layer over the Gjellestad ship (covered in cloth) with an excavator, first weeks of the 2020 excavation.
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July 16, 2020Sifting the plough soil and categorizing finds into small plastic bags, first weeks of the 2020 excavation.
