Download or read book Viking-age Ships and Shipbuilding in Hedeby/Haithabu and Schleswig written by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen and published by Viking Ship Museum/National Museum of Denmark. This book was released on 1997 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ships and shipbuilding were important elements of Viking culture and a precondition for trade, warfare and conquest. The important excavations at the Viking towns of Hedeby and Schleswig-Holstein revealed a rich body of finds of wrecks and parts of ships. This is a report on this material and also examines the role of the towns as ports and the role of trading in their development.