Endebjerg

Endebjerg is the location of an excavation site set in the middle of farmland on the island of Samsø [1]. A series of excavations have shown that this site has been occupied by a variety of cultures since the Early Neolithic period [1]. The site was first officially excavated in 1988 under Christian Adamsen [1]. Endebjerg is located on a hill on the southern side of Stavns Fjord [1]. Three and a half pithouses were excavated, as well as two of the roof-bearing post holes and some of the wall posts belonging to a longhouse dated to the Late Iron Age or Viking Age [1]. A series of flint finds were found that showed evidence of flintknapping that can be dated to the Funnelbeaker culture of the Neolithic period [1]. Ceramic shards found in one of the pithouses can be dated to the Germanic Iron age [1]. Endebjerg is important to the study of Viking activity on Samsø because of the evidence of trade found in the excavations [1].