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The article focuses on archaeological studies of Viking era boat building and repair at Sigtuna, Sweden. It states while the preservation conditions for organic matter are poor, a few wooden artefacts have survived while a larger number of iron artefacts have been discovered. It comments on the discovery of parrels which are used in ship rigging to hold yards to masts, as well as the discovery of clench nails. It mentions one well-preserved ancient anchor was discovered in 1961 above sea level.

We report recent fieldwork on an early-16th-century wreck in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden. The discovery not only provides new insights into early carvel shipbuilding and its adoption across northern Europe but manifests the changing role of ships and the nature of power and agency in the process of state formation at the dawn of the modern world. © 2012 The Authors [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]