Church and Viking Age farmstead Farmstead The farm excavated at Lisbjerg shows traces of three building phases, indicating that it existed for a significant time period. The phases were dated based on the style of some long houses found in the farmstead. Similar houses have been found at
Gammel Hviding and
Vilslev as well as the closing phase of
Vorbasse. Relying on these parallels, the houses at Lisbjerg were placed no earlier than the beginning of the 11th century and no later than about 1100. A semi-spherical ceramic vessel type common in all phases of the farm was previously thought to have fallen out of use around 1000, but the long houses found at Lisbjerg are clearly a later development than
Trelleborg-type houses of the late 10th century. The farmstead thus dates from the 11th century, which indicates that semi-spherical vessels remained in use after the year 1000 in
Jutland. Two waste pits found from the farmstead area contained iron slag, while
West Slav pottery highly popular in the Viking Age was found from a third. Yet another pit contained waste from metal crafts as well as glass of
Roman and
Byzantine origin. The farmstead was perhaps even a royal estate, given its location close to Aarhus, an important center of royal power. ==See also==