The site near Torksey where the Viking Great Army spent the winter of 872–873 is surveyed by a member of the archaeological ... by collections of scrap copper and iron, apparently gathered ...

At Fröjel, a Viking Age site on the west coast of Gotland, archaeologists search for evidence ... these Arab coins were increasingly cut with copper, probably due to reduced silver production.

Twisted copper wires were commonly found on agricultural lands. However, further exploration revealed that the artifacts were silver. The site of the bracelets was once a Viking Age (A.D. 793 to ...

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered a Viking Age treasure that had remained ... researchers initially thought they had unearthed copper wires in the soil. "At first I thought it was a ...