Tønnesminde

Tønnesminde is the site of an archaeological excavation ground and present-day organic farm on the Danish island of Samsø [1]. Archaeological evidence attests the area around Tønnesminde has a long history of human occupation, dating from approximately 4000 BC [1]. Recent excavations suggest that Tønnesminde contains settlements dating from the Funnelbeaker culture in the Early Neolithic period, Early Bronze Age, Pre-Roman Iron Age, and Viking Age [1]. The 2014 excavation unearthed spindle whorls, glass beads, loom weights, whetstones, iron rivets, and iron knives in presumably Viking Age pit houses [1].