Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "Viking Atgeirr: Reevaluating the Origins of European Firearms" video.
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I am a bit sceptic. For producing raw iron , you need Erz/ ore? and a lot of coal, either wood coal or stone coal. I don' t know, if there is stone coal in Iceland, so in later Viking era, woodcoal was necessary. When first Viking settlers came to Iceland, there had been here and there forrests, mostly Birken/birch?. But what i have read, the trees had been cut in a rather short time, and then wood became rare and expensive. Up to 1940s many rural Icelanders lived in houses dug into hills, the front wall made of stones, the roof made of expensive timbers, imported or swimming on sea ( Schwemmholz), covered with earth, so gras grow on roof. If there where arroud 1000 so much remaining trees for making woodcoal for raw Iron production and blacksmiths fires?
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@tatumergo3931 : So in Iceland this, what i call stonecoal ( Steinkohle in german) exists, then a small scale Iron production is possible. When in 960s the neighboring Village to my one , was first time noted in a document, a territorial change between a bishop and german King, iron production could have been a reason. Wood for making woodcoal was enough here, a few years ago some kilometers away last woodcoal burner of my region stopped production, but there was no Iron ore in the Stonepart of nearby mountains, it was socalled Bohnerz ( Bean ore?) which could be collected, this small, but in 10th century important Iron production stopped rather fast in 11th century. The people still knew,that the small Stones of max. beansize can be used for Iron production, but by the time collecting came to an end for small quantity reason.
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