Hurstwic's video: Hurstwic: Viking-age iron smelting exhibit at the National Museum of Iceland

A guided tour of the special exhibit on Viking-age iron smelting now on display at the National Museum of Iceland. The exhibit is based on Hurstwic's research in this field that altered the vision of history by demonstrating that long-held and widely-taught beliefs were faulty. Links: Link to special exhibit information https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english/for-visitors/the-national-museum/visitor-informations/events-exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/from-mire-to-metal Hurstwic lecture at National Museum of Iceland on experimental archaeology (lecture is in English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Ght5UJVzo&t=209s Hurstwic article on Traps and pitfalls of the modern mindset https://www.hurstwic.com/research/text/traps_and_pitfalls.htm Interview with Jackson Crawford on iron making and traps and pitfalls of the modern mindset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbuI2BQ-618 Hurstwic https://www.hurstwic.com Men of Terror: a comprehensive analysis of Viking combat (book) https://www.hurstwic.com/shop/books/men_of_terror/index.htm National Museum of Iceland https://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english/ Eiríksstaðir https://eiriksstadir.is/en 0:00 National Museum of Iceland 0:50 Weapons case 2:07 Viking-age iron in Iceland 3:33 Charcoal and ore 5:20 Furnace 7:09 Iron bloom and bar 8:20 Iron artifacts from Viking-age Iceland 8:42 Iron making sites in Iceland 9:25 Iron festival team 10:05 Eiríksstaðir 10:57 Hurstwic research