Kaupang
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Kaupang is the name of a town with roots from the Viking Age, situated in Vestfold county in Norway. Some archaeologists believe it was the first town in Norway.
Excavations and studies have found that Kaupang functioned as a handcraft and commercial center, with around 1,000 inhabitants. The vikings lived there from around 700-900 CE.
In the summer of 2000, the University of Oslo began an extensive new excavation programme at Kaupang.
External links:
- Was Kaupang Norway’s first town? (http://www.apollon.uio.no/2000_english/articles/kaupang.shtml)
- The Kaupang Excavation Project (http://www.kaupang.uio.no/dokumenter/aarsb_2001/index.htm)