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Lordship from the Viking Age to the Medieval Period in Eastern Jutland: The Excavations at Lisbjerg and Haldum Churches." Settlement and Lordship in Viking and Early Medieval Scandinavia. Ed. Bjørn Poulsen and Søren Michael Sindbæk. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011. 137-145.
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around 1060, the farm may have been donated to the church, perhaps becoming the bishop’s residence. This is supported by a written source from 1604 claiming that "Aarhus was moved in 1102 from
Lisbjerg to the place where it now lies". If the statement is interpreted as referring to the relocation of
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jets and a piece of casting waste. The find has been dated to 1000-900 BC. It is significant as one of few Late Bronze Age hoards in the Aarhus area. Furthermore, the hoard contains equipment from at least three different women, which is very rare in all of
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village west of the road have been found. Moesgaard Museum has also found traces of a moat running across the road from
Lisbjerg to Aarhus, which would have forced travelers to cross the stream of
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