Honors junior, history major, and anthropology minor, Sam Jenkins spent this past summer in Denmark with Harvard University’s Viking Studies program. As Sam describes, “It was a super fun, super awesome two month learning extravaganza!” He spent a month on the island of Samsø at an archaeological field school at a Viking Age site called Tønnesminde.
Photo above submitted by Sam shows him “learning to sail a Viking ship.”
Photos below submitted by Sam show students excavating at the Tønnesminde fieldsite.
Following the archaeological field school, Sam spent another month studying Viking Age literature at the Aarhus University, in Aarhus, Denmark. With its emphasis on narrative tradition along with the archaeological record, these combined experiences were immersive in Viking literature and the pagan world-view.
If you are interested in learning more about this program, find Sam and ask him more about his "awesome" experience. Also, click here for more information about Harvard's 2018 Viking Studies program.
Top photo submitted by Sam pictures an iron age rim shard he found when excavating a cooking pit at the Tønnesminde fieldsite.
Story by Garrett Alexandrea McDowell, Ph.D.
