Military Artefacts from the Medieval Villages of Södra Sallerup and Bunkeflo

Abstract

During the excavations of Södra Sallerup in 1998, in connection with the construction of the Ourer Ring Road (Yttre Ringvägen), I often discussed the results of the excavations with my former directors, Anders Reisnert and the late Ingmar Billberg. At that point the discussions mostly was about the methodology of the excavations and the origin of the medieval village, the Viking Age nobility and the possibiliry of a hall building in Södra Sallerup. Later, during the years of my employment at Malmö Kulturmiljö we began to talk about the objects of military origin that were found in waste pits from the medieval farm and what they could represent. Were the finds the belongings of a medieval nobleman or just rubbish from a pit? This article is a attempt to bring clarity to some of the results from Södra Sallerup and those military finds in particular and put them into context.