4 - Ard Times (Come Again No More)
Viking Age Podcast
Viking Age Podcast
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2016
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we will becovering the period from about 3500 - 2800 BCE, when Agriculturereally took hold in Scandinavia. We will explore what settlementpatterns emerged, how agriculture was practiced and how thenewly-minted Scandinavian farmers formed a relationship with theland they cultivated.
In the process we will learn about the impact of Polished FlintAxes and the Ard, take a tour of a Stone Age Farmhouse and becomeacquainted with the construction of Megalithic tombs which arestill visible today, almost 6000 years later.
The farming life was hard duringthis period, and the goal of this episode is to both bring thatstark reality to life. While doing so we will also explore some ofthe ways in which early Farmers adapted to this life, and the waysin which created relationships with their own past as well as theland they worked.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Viking Age podcast. My name is Lee, and this is episode four, hard times come again no more. |
| 0:10.8 | Now before we get started, I would just like to take a moment to give a huge thank you to everyone out there who has listened to the podcast so far. |
| 0:19.3 | At the time of recording, |
| 0:24.6 | episodes of this podcast have been downloaded over 500 times, |
| 0:29.5 | which, well, it's definitely modest as opposed to some podcasts. |
| 0:34.3 | It's frankly way beyond my wildest dreams when I first started this podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | So, thank you. I also wanted to take this moment to ask you all |
| 0:42.1 | a favor. If you enjoy this podcast and you think that other people would also enjoy listening to it, |
| 0:49.6 | I would really, really appreciate it if you could take a moment and head over to iTunes and leave a |
| 0:56.6 | rating or review for the podcast. A major part of the Black Magic Apple uses to display |
| 1:03.4 | potential podcast to people are based upon the quality and number of ratings and reviews. |
| 1:09.4 | And so by taking a moment, going over to iTunes |
| 1:12.4 | and leaving a rating or review for the Viking Age podcast, |
| 1:16.1 | you'll help other people discover |
| 1:17.5 | what I hope you're already enjoying |
| 1:19.3 | about the history of the Viking Age. |
| 1:22.8 | All right, that's my spiel. |
| 1:25.3 | I'll stop now and get on to the history. And again, thank you so much for listening. |
| 1:32.4 | In this episode, we'll be covering the period from about 3,500 to 2,800 BCE, during which time |
| 1:39.5 | agriculture really took hold in Scandinavia. We will explore what settlement patterns emerged, how |
| 1:45.7 | agriculture was practiced, and how the newly minted Scandinavian farmers formed a relationship |
| 1:51.1 | with the land that they cultivated. Now, while settlement patterns and forms of agriculture |
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