Not all treasures recovered from sunken ships consist of gold and precious artifacts — a recent study identified thousands of spice specimens aboard a medieval Danish warship that somehow got overlooked for centuries. Find out more at 🚀 engineering
Interesting Engineering connected with Mikael Larsson, the study’s co-author, for further insight into the find.
Only the royal court would have had the wherewithal to procure the volume of spices we found on Gribshunden. However, the upper classes of society mirrored the cultural patterns established by the king. When they could afford it, and on special occasions, the merchants and members of some guilds would have purchased lesser volumes of spices to display and eat at festivals, weddings, and other important events.
A fascinating phenomenon is the Swedish tradition of eating saffron buns around 13 December in celebration of St Lucia; this date is, of course, [near] the winter solstice, so the Christian saints day is layered onto the earlier pagan calendar.
Check out the study “The king’s spice cabinet–Plant remains from Gribshunden, a 15th-century royal shipwreck in the Baltic Sea” inMaritime archaeological investigations of the wreck of the medieval warship Gribshunden , flagship of King Hans of Denmark and Norway, have revealed diverse artifacts including exotic spices imported from far distant origins: saffron, ginger, clove, peppercorns, and almond. The special circumstances of the vessel’s last voyage add unique context to the assemblage.
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