Recent archaeological evidence from a farm in Norway’s southernmost Vest-Agder County offers strong evidence that Vikings farmers actively cultivated hemp. The farm’s hemp remains date between 650 and 800 CE – during the peak Vikings age. Hemp has been found at Viking sites before. But this site is special for how large the operation was. “The other instances were just individual finds of pollen grains. Much more has been found here,” says Frans-Arne Stylegar, an archaeologist and the county’s curator.
As funny as the mental image of Vikings getting high is, archaeologists think the hemp was not being grown for its psychedelic properties. It was likely used for rope and textile – much more boring.
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