Truso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement
Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE)·Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium)·🇵🇱 Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Elbląg County, Janów Pomorski on Drużno Lake bank, Poland
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About Truso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement
800–1000 CE) Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium) site built c. 800 CE (Wulfstan voyage Hedeby–Truso) as viking age baltic emporium on vistula delta edge described by wulfstan to alfred, 20 ha settlement 800–950 comparable to hedeby. Documented via 1982 Jagodziński discovery; 1982–. 5 km timber trackway. It illustrates Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium) expansion and settlement 15–20 ha; harbour channel 400 m.
Why it mattersTruso (Janów Pomorski) Viking Age Trading Settlement in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Elbląg County, Janów Pomorski on Drużno Lake bank, Poland is a Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE) Prussians with Da
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why Truso not mentioned after Wulfstan vs Hedeby continuity
Theories
- 01Truso as Vistula branch Prussian intermediate between Hedeby and Ladoga
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 CE (Wulfstan voyage Hedeby–Truso)
- Period
- Early Middle Ages (c.800–1000 CE)
- Culture
- Prussians with Danes/Swedes (Truso emporium)
- Purpose
- Viking Age Baltic emporium on Vistula delta edge described by Wulfstan to Alfred, 20 ha settlement 800–950 comparable to Hedeby
- Abandoned
- c. 1000 CE
- Rediscovered
- 1982 Jagodziński discovery; 1982–
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 800 CE (Wulfstan voyage Hedeby–Truso)
Initial construction
c. 1576 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
54.0800° N · 19.4300° E · 50 m · 2 mapped features
Truso Harbour Channel
harbourHarbour channel through peat to Lake Drużno
54.0810° N · 19.4310° ETruso Craft Quarter
workshopSmithy and amber workshop quarter
54.0790° N · 19.4290° E